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1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
New York (D-90-29)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York. Many of the
letters pertain to canvassing plans and construction work on new central
stations for Manhattan. Also included is a report by Eaton & Lewis, the
company’s lawyers, regarding vibration and noise at central stations. Most of
the letters are by Richard R. Bowker, first vice-president, and J. B. Skehan
treasurer. Many of them are addressed to Arthur E. Kennelly, Edison’s chief
electrician. Some of the documents may be partially illegible due to faded ink
and water damage.
Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of
acknowledgement and transmittal; meeting announcements; other routine
business correspondence; galley proofs of the company’s annual report to its
stockholders for 1889.
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H»»mra. Thomas A. Edison,
S. b. Baton,
0. Goddard.
Gentleman :
I bog to advise you that the tn«>a|0M*
of the Mutual Mf. Insurance Go*,.* ,f **, for g|^
dated November 19th, 1881, i. oano.llsd this <V<
loan of $3o, 000* whieh it oovored having boss pat* «* disc-harped
of record.
Tours vsry tn
Cm . L+
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York,
FIRST OISTRICT, j?Sf LIbIrT^ It.,
General Office, 4 32 Fifth Avenue,
THIRD DISTRICT, 117-UU WEST 39™ ST.,
FOURTH DISTRICT, 118-1 20- UM WEST KJoST.
New York ,
ThO Jai3 i. ttisOU is;j,
Llmls* Park. Creui*e, J.
• In response to your inquiry ad bo the amount ana oust
oi' oopjwr figured. for proposed new Oeneral ioaiiou to ?s*el 80. disi-
rioo, i find that .Pr. Van Vliok, the lleotriciau at toe uptown Offioe,
reOaoned o:i 4eOO 1 jib of i-t aders, bo supply a 8 wire ays'; *01, toe neutral
o-sioo about a third ( c<TLoer oenb. ) op Positive ana nag* t tv*, which
figured out in i*ound iiurn'oers 360,000 pounds cupper,- which at 19 seats
Ooaas to 8 65,400.
This is 011 the oasis oP tile present lamp, 15 to the horse power,
oP 255 resistance.
I ini sending to Prof. Kenually a memorandum of our conversation
with you 011 Thursday, whi'oh I
verify before vour denar tore,;
time to verify it, so that vie
Thanking you oil my own
ing you on Thursday, I am
Verv
hope you will have time to look over and
if not, I hope Prof. Kennelly oan find
may have your important word in definite
ora*// yours.
(0. O. (3(rw^hcA,
First VI oe President"1.
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York,
'C°TsS'l°S‘ General Office , 432 Fifth Avenue,
DISTRICT. .17.40-B! WEST 80th ST..
D DISTRICT, 117-ISO WEST 30th ST..
BEQQS,
. . . . New York, f3'o. a, 1590 .
Prof. a. iiv Xennelly.
“Idi3on’s Laboratory. Orange, fl. J.
My dear Sir .
Ill the first plaoe let me thank you heartily for the- 1
oourtesy shorn a naw.ooaar, at the Laboratory, 011 Thursday laat. ■ '
I fear that I left behind me the rough memoranda whioh I took
of your figuring as to the copper. I should he greatly obliged if you-
oould give as that in detail, for my 01m information— or eduoaiiouj
I send you here.nith a memorandum of our conversation with Mr.
idison, as I understood it. Kill you kindly, look over it, and verify
it, noth as to the eleotrioal terms and as to the aoouraoy of the oon -
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versas ion so far as you heard it; and if it is praotioable to get. Mr . -
iidison, in the little time he has at his disposal before starting, also
to look over it for verification, I hope you will see that it fsi,vdone.
I look forward with pleasure to haying oooasion to ooae to the
laboratory now and then, in the oourse of the solution of the important
problems wnioh we are now facing in Hew York, i should' be glad' tb’ know, e.t »,
what is the. most convenient hour for you people at the Laboratory, .-Bhouddr,.
I have oooasion to make any inquiries without making previ dud -appoint
meut, and I beg to assure you that I should take no unnecessary time in •
any suoh conversation. -Vihen people are .working^as Kr/idison and his
o&afi are, for the good of. the world at large and posterity in general,-
small fraction
io is not fair that their time should be monopolized t
of present humanity.
, Very trul/j yours, i;i
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York,
central stations. General- Office., 4.32 Fifth Avenue,
RICT> I 604I9LIb1rTY ST.,
0 DISTRICT, 47.40.S1 WEST SSth ST..
RD DISTRICT, 1I7-II0 WEST 99.. ST„
FOURTH DISTRICT. 1I8-I90.1IB WEST S3:. ST.
Aidta. Bk. 3. New York, pah. 14, 1890 .
Prof. 2.. Kennelly.
Edison’s Laboratory ' •
Ora ago, X J.
My dear 3ir-/t —
1 have delayed thanking you for your oour teams replies to
iny uorts, and for the returu of the Report -from Mr,. Edison, until after a
meeting of our. Board -of Directors, - so- that .1 oould give you «or» definite
word as to- the canvass; let me now thank you for your prompt oourfcssy in
tha wiole matter, and repeat that ■ it sill give me great pleasure to-
ooue Into.- relation with you oaraouaUy -again when :33 have ooaaai:ou to- visit
the- Laboratory. .35 understood of cour3a that Mr, Edison £3 ao/t t<r be dis¬
turbed when ha Is engaged la speoial work, and ay query was as to- the hour
when I oould moat conveniently see you or other mem'oecsof the Staff, should
I have oooaiJlou to come out without previous appointment.
L enclose herewith «h* average load diagram of our First Disbriot
main Station, for a fair 24 hours, as oalled for in your favor to- Mr. Baggs,
of February 10th, and trust it will sarve the pucpoe? required.
In regard to the eleotrioal canvass of the oortion of Sew York below
Eighth Street, we find that a oanvass on the soale of that furnished to. Mr.
Edison: from. Milwaukee would consume acf.au months at a very large cost, and
■would not even then be fully satisfactory as tfct percentage of the light sup¬
ply which m should be able to obtain tor till-., Ooupauy is so indeterminate
in itself I have directed however, that one of Mr. Sargent's men, who- I
understand Mr. Edison prefers should, be put. in charge of, any oanvass here.
Prof. A. E. Kennelly.
p. 2.
Feb. -14, 1390
should --be asked to- meet me . tu-aorrcvr morning, and am authorized by the Board
.of. Directors tavstairt aroauva-as which jrauld give as an approximate - notion of
the distribution of .load, and I will report te you further after my oouvaraa-
tlon. with hiiiu,.
I laid the Report of the oonyaraatlon -with Mr. Edison, and your; ao -
: ooinpaiiying.. letter, before the Board of Dlreotona in full,, and have tor, thank
you on their behalf, •:$ shall have some further, question's to' ask' from the
Laboratory in this. matter, .and shall hope during next weak- to- make a-oall
on you with that purpose in view.
Again thanking you for your courteous attention, I am
Very truly .yours i,
O. O. O
First Vice Pna slide at .
-(Snolosure. )
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York,
General Office, 4 32 Fifth Avenue ,
SECOND OISTRICT, 47 40-51 WEST 20th ST.,
THIRD OISTRICT, 117-110 V/EST 30tm ST.,
FOURTH DISTRICT, 1HM80-122 WEST Wo ST.
New York ,
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York,
General Office , 432 Fifth Avenue ,
. . . . c.e^~. NcivYork, . March S, I860.
■Dear Professor .Kennel ly:-
Iir vDe.w of thereoent determination of our
Board of .Directors to : supply theso-oalled:53rdSt. District from the
S9ttt St. Station, requiring the readjustment of the existing -feeders
and the determination and laying of new connecting feeders from the
'SjJtttiStatlan, and also: of the faot that the Department of Publiic Horks
proposes tooompeljus to do this work before they gat at the repaving
- of- tbe streets, ;it is most important that we should have an.eariy de¬
termination -of the^aizes of feeders and mains required uptown and in
our other new work and should have the beat eleotrloal advice on the
subject that we oould get; Mr. Johneon has therefore proposed that we
should ask you, Mr. Field, and others, a* well as those of this Company
who- are informed on this part of our work, to oome together early next
week @’wheil^ should have the data in shape for you to:oonf irm or modl-
!fy ~ or “PWI if you please,— the general plans that will be submitted.
Could .you make it convenient to bB in New York say Tuesday afternoon
93* evening, next week, and would you prefer to oome sb«- for luncheon
or dtnnor, or betwixt add between ? if not Tuesday, what other day
noxt week would suit you ? We oan then have everything in shape for
Mr. Edison’s final word if he returns, as I hear is expaoted, the latter
past ■ of next week.
The Immediate reason for haste is the neoessity of placing
•Tders at once with the Machine Works, which orders oa'n soafceely wait
r Mr. Boggs’ return, as was originally planned. Mr. Kruesi is urging us
KaToh 3^. tl890..
to- give him the earliest possible word as to this season^ orderB.
Truly yours,
O .Q.Qo^sWok
Pro i. A. E. Kennelly.
Edison's Laboratory.
Orange, N. J.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York,
Pro*. 'A. ’S.. Kenneliy.
Bdiaenfs Laboratory.
orange, •».. Js.
My dear Sir**-'
I thank youfor your favor of Makoh 7th returning ny
report to the Dlreotors, of whloh I sbaSlbe glad to furnish a oopy
to Mr. Mlson on his return as you suggest. 1 note the oorreotlons
aM suggestions whloh you have kindly node and shall- be gag. pleased
tobring then to- theattentionofour -Direotora^ although may their
opinion is so definitely in if avor of two Stations rather than one for
the dlstrlet south of Eighth street that it seems improbable the deci¬
sion in favor of two Stations will, be ohahged. Xhls opinion isoon-
****•*'^■••10* theoazperta who- harve .baon loonaolted in the natter
an a nunber of questions ^ aawall as tbs aasotrioal ons^artioulariy
the possibility that sone kiad of a breakdown in a single central.
Station; for: that dlstrlet would loanee Inf ini to datoage.
m- trust thatyouwil&besble to ba wl tb aa at *-.16 . Broad St.
on visdnssdafr at eleven oeleek when this question nay inoldentally oona
up, although the :neln subftsot iter dlsoussion is one of the nop, size
aM ahaTaetar of feeders >f or the uptown dlstrlot.
(ToElTY C2 c
Trulyyours,
THE EDI80N ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
OF NEW YORK,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
16 tL 18 BROAD 8TREET.
New York, March ioth, 1890.
To the Stockholders of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York;
In pursuance of action taken by the stockholders, the capital stock of this Company
has been increased from $2,600,000 to «4,Soo,ooo; and $2,000,000 of 5 per cent, convertible
first mortgage gold bonds (interest payable semi-annually, on the first days of September and
March) have been issued upon the present and future property of the Company in this City
below Seventieth Street. Said bonds are part of a series of $5, 000, 000 bonds (the remainder
being reserved for future extensions, and not to be issued until authorized by the stockholders),
and are convertible into stock at par, at the option of their holders severally, on the 21st days
of January or July in any year between 1892 and 1895 inclusive, upon ninety days notice.
Should the Company be unable or fail to make such conversion, the principal of all the bonds
may at once be declared due and payable with twenty per centum premium added, in addition
to any interest accrued, according to the terms of the mortgage, but instead of accepting such
payment the holder may insist upon such conversion if the Company be legally competent
to make it.
Whenever seventy-five per centum of the bonds shall have been converted, the Com¬
pany may require the holders of the remaining bonds either to convert the same or to accept
payment thereof at one hundred and ten per centum of their face value, and accrued interest,
at the option of such holders severally, and at any time after 1900, whether seventy-five per
centum shall have been converted or not, the Company may require the holders of the out¬
standing bonds to accept payment thereof at one hundred and ten percentum of their face value,
and accrued interest.
The stock and bonds and their proceeds are intended to be used to provide for the
outlays of the Company already made for the enlargement of the second and third districts
uptown, and also for the fourth district, representing in all about $600,000, (partly represented
by exisisting bonds which will be retired) and to make further important extensions of and
additions to the system in the territory south of Seventieth Street, as may be deemed desirable
by your Board of Directors.
There is urgent need for all the work now contemplated, and your Directors are of
the opinion that it will add so largely to the Company’s revenue as fully to justify the estimated
outlay involved.
Under arrangements made with the Edison Electric Light Company, from which this
Company derives its license, the Board of Directors are enabled to offer to the stockholders of
this Company the right to participate in the purchase of new bonds and stock, on the basis of
$1,000 bond )
, f for $i,25o cash.
$400 stock )
The said stock is to be entitled to participate in dividends declared after January, 1891.
The said cash payment of s i .25o is to be made as follows:
#125 on application, when bonds (or scrip) for si25 will be delivered.
S25o on May ist, 1890, when bonds (or scrip) for $25o will be delivered.
#300 when called for on ten days notice by mail, but not earlier than July ist, 1890,
and when such call is paid, #300 bonds (or scrip) will be delivered.
<325 when called for on ten days notice by mail, but not earlier than September ist,
1890, and when such call is paid, $325 bonds (or scrip) will be delivered.
#25o when called for on ten days notice by mail, but not earlier than December ist,
1890, and when such call is paid, $400 stock will be delivered.
Interest on bonds and payments therefor (i. e., on the first, second, third and fourth
payments above set forth) will be adjusted at five per centum per annum on each delivery.
Ronds are in coupon form and for s 1 ,000 each and can be registered as to principal.
No application will be received for less than one bond and four shares of stock, and
all applications must be for these amounts, or some multiple thereof.
A receipt will be issued when the first payment is made, and further payments and
deliveries of securities, when and as made, will be endorsed thereon.
The instructions from the Edison Electric Light Company are that this Company shall
offer the stock and bonds to its stockholders to an amount equivalent to the amount of their
present holdings, as nearly as practicable, and you are accordingly notified that you are entitled
to purchase on the foregoing basis, S / 0 0 0 bonds, and i jts — stock, for $ /-£ S~2> —
In case you desire to avail of this right, you must sign and return the enclosed application to
the undersigned, at the address given below, on or before April 10th, 1890, with a cheque for
the first payment of #125 on each bond subscribed for, say S
plus one month and nine days interest accrued to April 10th, 1890, on
# bonds, at S5.40 per bond, for which a certificate exchangeable into
bonds bearing interest from March ist, 1890, will be delivered to you at once _
In all S
Any stockholders desiring to assign their rights, may do so on the enclosed blank.
Arrangements have been made to dispose elsewhere of any bonds and stock, as above, not
purchased by the stockholders or their assigns.
By order of the Board of Directors,
J. B. SKEHAN,
10th, 1890. Treasurer.
New York, March
IE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING C
W-O . - Vcdch^
Epril 5, 1890.
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My deaf Mr, Tate ;
Mr, Peabody has received your valued favor of the 3rd
iat,, and asks me to write you to eay that he krill be at the
Station on Tuesday evening, and if Mr, Edison ean make it eon.
venient, he should be very glad to have him dine with him, as
before stated.
He also wishes te say that he would like to have one or
two gentlemen ’ meet Mr. Edison, and desires to ask if there is
anyone he would be pleased te meet; if yeu will name the party,
Mr. Peabody will invite thasu
If you ean telephone* Monday definitely ns te Mr.
Edison* a plan#, it will be * great faver. { /uV
Mr. A. o. Tate,
Secretary,
THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING C<
OF NEW YORK,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
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EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
tortl MU, IM»
Thomas A. JMleon, t«Q. ,
Orange, M. J.
Mjr dear Mr. Edison i
t have to thank you for th» hour |
while you sera under eu»h pressure of work, and to g
delight to find that, contrary to the usual eaperieaaw with tha
inventive temperament, the * Wisard of Invent iaft • wswalao ft
business man Of far-seeing views', and she s*wM %
business point*.
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I confess that* with war aloes ■ frpiMt M> -f
got your idea of a canvas* as I had sot grasped it to Um gSMMl
conversation of sous weeks ego, X now nndTSl— wfcatpsa want
9T9 two maifi fifcjt* r
first t The msgisHm lighting at early dark, «f the shortest
days, say at M#K 1, December lBth, so as tw gisw thssaseat sf
copper rsfuiwsd for the magi mm lead, whish esppor egg to wtosoM
«s« for a 35 par e*«t, drop at that tins, since ooly t wwVper
sent, drop would Ms involved at other seasons of tW fWSCW
8soond 1 The number or lamp hours, to- girs you the prwhaMw
fast* of the money income.
X understand that eueh a canvass can bo Mtdo by ffrtrt-
Tfcoaae A* Wen* %
mation at any tine of the year Ay Dlltiu f*r (Mm« Ida »Mg>
WwtCd an mr or ttto earlier in the gag* .$£■£** ':h ? fr
1 Have tHie nerving Man Mr, Naetinga *Wl«A« mm T the
mj>s for tHe previous oanraea «f whiah yon apiMl, Aa* g* having
bine prints aaie from the eioth oepieei Mr, neatft^fg Ham titm
directed * teireh to be mde far the original ••araeeiag hneke,
eMeh he *uppas*» to m in a eault in the tredaee Baanataga, f w
intending also to give order* this nf tornado In fat ataw£geed tm
▼aasers m import mi atnteta, Ota year pSaa, to gee Hao fAf ttaay
gira different reaaUA groat tin mm oflya aM He* far i«*Aey «*
eaeadeers to martui tha territory*. ,
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paeniiawtitH vtaldH oak# a scientific deterttnaaaoa l*felfe%#tor*
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THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
OF NEW YORK,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
J. B. SKEHAN,
&
April aath, 1030.
Thomas A, Edison, Raq.,
Orange, N„ d.
My dear Sir :
I thank y <m tor your rarer tad note yon* word to confer
With Mr, Henderson on thd remits of oaWaee ha fore they done to
you,
you kindly )et oh- knqd whether you hays tried the
experiment* in the laboratory stash Tith the electrified vires for
eatohing the solid product* or Coobuetiqn, TW may be Interested
to khow that we tried * wire gauze et the top Of the k taek in the
Sftth Street station with fair audosse until the «et vest her same,
vhen the water accumulated about the Wires of the netting to eneh
an extant as to interfere with the tr*ft tery ns rl on sly, and to
rsquire the immediate removal of the netting to glee sufficient
steam for the engine*. W* are now propoeing to try a wire netting
at tha bottom of the steak, boV should be glad to base earliest
word from you autborlzlng us to go forward with your auggsatioa if
the plaa works successfully.
We are replacing the leather belting with cotton faced
belting to decided ad rant age, and ar# also about tOitry placing a
layer of hair felt under ths dynamos to remedy any possible com-
'fhftmas A, Bdieon, Sscj* 2,
municatioti of vibrations from than to the walls of ths Wilding*
tfc* Wow sahanot hood on th* Qbth Street Station, of
*hl*!h t ehowad you th» vl«^r has mitigated ttw hdise considerably
but not ourod it, ad yon indicated, pbtf w« are proposing to go
forward with the plane tq* throwing thh into a tank of some
afort additional to that already in oks at the station, either in
tha shape or a oietorn in-tfts yard, or a not typo of heater, or a
tank of ordinary Oflirtstruotioft.
^ mention thaws poihid so that you may posted jnat
as to whftt w« srp <tp*ftg In the In^ftotion oO*e.
th»ly you re,
Q.0.0
Jfcn- A' '/,
New York City, May 7, 1890.
Dear Mr. Edison:
ti inmf. +• „ Please find enclosed our opinion rendered to t
Illuminating Co. regarding nuisance caused by vibration or nois
You may be interested to see what the established rules of law
are as regards nuisances from these causes.
Very t —
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'OPINION
— of —
MESS. 'EATON '& LEWIS,
upon Nuisances by Vibration and
Noise. prepared for the Edison
Electric Illuminating Company of
New York.
Dated, May 5th, 1890.
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OPINION :UPOM NUISANCES BY 7 1 BRAT I ON AND NOISE. PREPAY gnp
THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY OF NEW YORK. '
This opinion is prepared for the general information of the
Officers of the Company, and not as an exhaustive treatise upon the sub-’
jeot of nuisances, or upon the special kind of nuisanoes produced by vi¬
bration and noise. We have not, therefore, attempted to review all the
cases upon the subject, even within this jurisdiction. The authorities
cited are such only as express what seem to us to be settled ’legal con¬
clusions, and to have a practical bearing upon what the officers of the
Company may have occasion to practically consider. ,v: i",
U
The general nature of an actionable nuisance.
• For the purpose of the kind of nuisance which alone we nefjd
practically consider, a nuisance may be defined as such unlawful use of
real property by the owner or occupier thereof as will unreasonably in-'
jure or annoy the owner or oocupier of other real property in the vicineige.
It will be noticed that this definition speaks of an unreasonable an-‘
noyance. It is not every use of property., resulting in a certain amount
of annoyance to others that will constitute an actionable nuisance. Every
dweller in a great city is, to some extent, annoyed by certain of the
vibrations and sounds Incident to city life. Almost every occupation
is productive of a certain amount of 'discomfort for those around. Thus
even the retail shop with the crowds that commonly resort to it and with :
the transportation of goods from and to it, would be productive of somV "V
annoyance to the dwellers of a quiet residential neighborhood. Probably,
however, such a shop has never been held to be a nuisance. On the other
hand, an ordinary stable would undoubtedly be considered a nuisance under
the same condition, provided it were a public stable, conducted as such
stables commonly are. This distinction illustrates the view which the
Courts now uniformly take-that the whole thing is a matter of common,
sense to be determined by the surroundings and conditions. Exaotly where
the line is to be drawn is a thing in part to be determined by previous
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decisions, and in part by the special circumstances of the case as it
arises.
We shall not speak either of public nuisances that is, nuisances
affecting a great number of people in a similar way — -or of- things which
are nuisances per se, except to distinguish, the. cases which we have to
consider., from the latter class of nuisances.
I I.
The question of neighborhood as affecting the law of nuisance,
[al Neighborhood.
As ■ to what is a reasonable use of one's property must necessari¬
ly depend upon the oiroumstanoes of each case, for a use for a particular
purpose and in a particular way, in one locality., that would be lawful
and reasonable, might be unlawful and a nuisance in another."
Wood on Nuisance, 2nd Ed. Sec. 2.
Nor is this question to be entirely determined by the nature of
the neighborhood when the structure is erected. Thus where a slaughter
house had been erected without the confines of the city and the oity had
grown around it, it was held to have beoome a' private nuisance.
. Brady vs. Weeks, 3 Barb. 158. .
A corresponding rule holds where the case is reversed. Thus in
Doellner vs. Tynan, 58 How. .Prao. 178. the action was for an injunction.
The plaintiff dwelt upon the portion of the block between Stuyvesant
Street and 2nd Avenue, on 9th Street, New York City. He purchased his
property in 1885. Defendant purchased premises adjoining in 1867 and
erected an extensive horse-shoeing place. The .proof was ample to show
that by the noise, soot, the presence of horses &c.., the place was an¬
noying, to adjoining residents. At the time of action brought [1889,1
there was but one house used as a dwelling house exclusively., on the south
side of that portion of the1 block, and none on the north side. The place
was partly occupied by stables, and partly by carpenter shops &c. In
some cases there were people dwelling over the shops. It did not ap- *
pea'r that the market value for plaintiff's place had been depreciated.
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but it did conclusively appear that defendant's place was more or less
annoying, in a substantial degree. It seemed that the block had been of
a more residential character when plaintiff's purchased. The Court held
that the business was not a nuisance per se. Whether or not it was a
nuisance under existing condition was a question of evidence, and the
Court held that the evidence did not show it to be such. The Court
said, after citing cases; "These cases illustrate and sustain the pro-1
"position that an action will not lie, if a lawful trade, which may be
"offensive to persons living in the vicinity, is carried on at a proper
"and suitable place. As there cannot be any legalization of a nuisance
"by prescription, and as all offensive trades which have been carried on
"without complaint in parts of the city., remote at the time, must yield
"to the advance of improvement; and although unobjectionable when begun,
"have since become detrimental to the full enjoyment of other property.,
"must nevertheless be removed to other parts; so, I think, that where a
"street in a city ceases to be used or occupied as a place of residence,
"and is changed into a place of business, no one or two persons, who may
"for any reason, desire to continue a resident therein, or shall persist
“in continuing to reside therein, should be allowed to prevent the carry-i
"ing on of a lawful and useful trade, merely because they are or may be.
“subject to annoyance, or even loss thereby. Better that they Should
go elsewhere, than that the public should be inconvenienced by arrest¬
ing a necessary and useful business, and the trade of an artisan broken
"up."
Finishing steam boilers so 'that a considerable noise was created,
and adjoining tenants annoyed, the work being conducted in a compact part
of the City of Albany, was held to be a nuisance.
Fish vs. Dodge, 4 Denial 311.
So with Smelting Works, properly conducted but annoying.
•Tipping vs. StHelens Smelting Co. 4 B. & S. 116.
A marble factory on Bleeker Street, New York City., operated by
Steam and causing a vibration, was enjoined, although the neighborhood
was, apparently, not one very much used for residential purposes.
-The number of cases bearing upon this point is enormous. In
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fact, every case of nuisance, where the nuisance is not one of a nuisance
per se. illustrates the point.
[bl Change of neighborhood, and question of first occupancy.
It does not seem to make any essential difference whether the
person complaining of the nuisance came to the neighborhood before the
nuisance, or rather the business creating the nuisance, was started.
Some of the oases cited above illustrate this point. Thus in
Doellner v. Tynan, Supra, the plaintiff came to the neighborhood to
reside, before the defendant set up his blacksmith shop.
On the other hand, in Elliotson v. Feetham, 2 Bing. W. C. 154,
the defendant's manufacturing establishment had been under way for ten
years before plaintiff came to the neighborhood to dwell. The neighbor¬
hood had meanwhile become, to some extent, a residential one. The
defendant was enjoined.
In Campbell, vs. Seaman, 65 N. Y. 538 the action was for damages
and an injunction. The plaintiffs had owned their land at a place on
the Hudson about six miles below Albany, from 1845, It was then waste
land. A few years afterward the defendants erected a brick kiln upon
his adjoining land. In burning the bricks he used a great quantity of
anthracite coal., that gave off fumes of sulphuric acid gas. There was
another brick kiln belonging to a third party in the neighborhood, and
it did not appear what, if any, other residences there were. Some years
after the erection of the brick kiln, plaintiffs began to improve their
ground, setting out great numbers of pine and spruce trees, ornamental
trees, plum trees and grape vines. They subsequently erected a spacious
and costly country house, about thirteen hundred and twenty feet from
defendant's kiln. When the wind was from the south the fumes of sul¬
phuric acid gas blew over the plaintiff's place, and injured the trees.
The Court held as follows: [11 That, while brick burning was not a
nuisance per se the evidence showed it' to be one in this case. . [21
That injury to comfort and enjoyment was sufficient; articles of taste
and luxury, like ornamental trees, stand on the same basis as useful,
articles, like vines. [31 "A use of-property in one locality and
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under some circumstances may be lawful and reasonable, which, under
other ci rcumstances, would be unlawful, unreasonable, and a nuisance."
[41 "It matters not that the brick yard was used before plaintiffs
bought their lands or built their houses,"
The upshot of the whole matter seems to be, that in oases where
the nuisance is not one jer se, the question of a right of action for an
injunction is to be determined entirely by the nature of the business,
and the character of the neighborhood when the complaint is made; the
question of first occupancy has nothing to do with the matter.
I I I.
How far legislative sanction may excuse acts, otherwise a nuisance, and
the effect of legislative sanction in this case,
A rule early grew up in England that where Parliament had ex¬
pressly authorized a person or corporation to do a thing, damages arising
from the doing of the thing, would never constitute an actionable nuisance.
This rule has never been so vigorous in this country as in England, owing
to the effect of our constitutional provisions, forbidding the taking of
private property without compensation.
The rule in this State now is that in order that legislative
sanction for the creation of a nuisance, should be successfully pleaded
in answer to an action, the Legislature must have specifically authorized
the doing of the thing complained of.
Coggswell v. N. Y. N. H. S H. Ry. 103 N. Y. 10.
And see
Baltimore and Potomac Ry. vs. 5th Baptist Church, 108 U.S.317.
Here, of course, we have no such specific authority. The Legis¬
lature, by the Gas Companies Act, authorizes the Illuminating Company to
acquire land, and carry on its business. It does not specifically state,
or prescribe, precisely whett land shall be acquired, or how the business
should be carried on. Hence we can derive no assistance from any doc-,
trine of legislative sanction.
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The public nature of the employment of Illuminating Company.
Even if our business is considered to be a public one, this will
not excuse the creation of a nuisance by us. Even a Railroad, in the
absence of specific legislative sanction, derives no assistance from the
public nature of its employment, except in determining the question,
whether or not the thing complained of, in that specific place, is neces¬
sary.
Cogswell v. N. Y. N.. ,H, & H. Ry. Supra.
How far noise and vibration may be the basis of an actionable nuisance.
Cal The extent of the noise or vibration.
That noise or vibration in sufficient degree* may constitute a
nuisance, is too clear for argument. The cases are numerous to this
effect. As to what extent of noise or vibration will constitute a nui¬
sance, it is not so easy to determine. The following test, though in¬
definite, from the nature of things, seems to be well supported: "The
"real test as to whether a noisy trade is a nuisance in a particular
"locality, and- to a particular person in the enjoyment of his property, ,
"is, whether it is of such a character as would likely to be physical an¬
noyance to a person of ordinary .sensibilities, or whether it is carried
"on at such unreasonable hours as to- disturb the repose of persons dwel-" ‘
"ling within its sphere.”
V/ood on Nuisances, 2nd Ed. Sec. 617.
In this connection regard is to be had both to the quality., and
the quantity of the noise. The filing of a saw, if carried on continu¬
ously, might be far more annoying than the blows of a trip-hammer.
Davidson v. Isham, 9 N. J. Eq. 185.
On the other hand, a trifling noise or vibration will not be
regarded as creating the basis of an actionable injury;
Grant v. Finney, L.. R. 8 Ch. App. 8.
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7.
A mere diminution of value of property is not enough, if unaor'
companied by causes of annoyance rendering the plaintiffs premises less
habitable or useful.
Lansing v. Smith, 8 Cow. .153.
On the. other hand noises and vibrations of substantial character
e,,A.
have frequently been enjoined; A boiler shop--'
Fish vs. Dodge; 4 Benitti 311.
A Marble Factory — -McKeon vs. See 51 N. Y. 300.
A printing press—
•Robertson vs. Campbell, 13 F. C. [Scotch! 61.
The cases are numerous.
[bl Specific cases arising from eleotric stations.
We find but two cases in this State arising from vibration and
noises communicated from elec.tric s.tations. , ,
In Braender vs. .Har.lem Lighting Co'2 N. Y. Suppt. 245. [Supreme
Court, Special .Term O'Brien, J.l
The action was for an injunction against the Harlem Lighting Com¬
pany. The plaintiff owned adjoining property. The main building of
defendant had been erected, and the machinery was running when plaintiff
purchased the property. Subsequently, an extension was made, and an en¬
gine of 400 horse power put in. ' This engine turned a cog wheel [pre¬
sumably a balance wheell some sixteen feet in diameter. The building
was substantial and the engine excellent. The engine was bedded on
solid brick piers. The business was carried on, as the Court found, as
well as possible, and the neighborhood was not an improper one for a
central station. A considerable vibration was communicated to plain-' -
tiff's dwelling, enough to make it uncomfortable, but not enough to in¬
jure the building. Held that an injunction should be granted, . .The
Court said, "But the evidence shows great annoyance from jar. This did'
"not exist before the large engine and sixteen foot cog wheel were put
"in.” This case seems to go rather farther than most previous cases.
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The Court expressly found that the neighborhood was a proper one for a
central station- It appears from the opinion that the Court was a
good deal influenced by the consideration that the smaller engine might
have been put in and would be unobjectionable.
In the case of Yocum vs. Hotel St. George, 18 Abbott's Mew Cases,
340 [2nd Dept. S. ■ T. Browne, ,J.
■The action was to restrain defendant from operating two dynamos
and two small engines in their hotel next to plaintiff’s residence.
There was a buzzing, rattling and jar in plaintiff’s residence. The
Court granted an injunction, saying: "It is not necessary to a right of
"action that the owner should have been driven from his dwelling; it is
"enough that the enjoyment of life and property has been rendered un-
"oomfortablej "
Although these oases are oases arising from vibration caused
by electric light plants, they really add nothing to the law as it was
settled before. For the oases all come to this, that unless the neigh¬
borhood is one principally used for manufacturing purposes, or other pur¬
poses of a similiar kind, not residential, educational or hotel., an
eleotrio lighting company must prevent substantial noise or vibration,
at its peril .
7 i;
Remedies and measure of damages.
Cal Remedies.
Apart from public nuisances a person injured by a nuisance has
two remedies: He may sue in an action at law, for damages. In this
event he gets damages up to the time of the commencement o.f the suit, but
no injunction. Or he may bring an action, where the nuisance is a con¬
tinuing one, for an injunction, and may get damages as incidental to it.
. [bl Measure of damages.
If the person who sues, be an owner, and sue in an action at
law for damages without injunction, and he be not himself in posses
;sion
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of the premises, it seems that he cannot .recover unless .he shows a real
and lasting injury to his property., as a matter of market value.
Beir 'vs. Cooke, 37 Hun. 38.
If., on the other hand, the person who sues, be a lessee, or the
owner himself in possession, the measure of damages seems to be,' the
difference between the rental value of the house free from, and the house
subject to., the nuisance. It would seem also that. this recovery may
include damages from the commencement of the nuisance, to the time of
trial .
CONCLUSION.
This memorandum leaves several questions of less general bearing,-
undiscussed, but we believe that enough has been stated to give the of-'
fleers of the Company a sufficiently clear idea of what constitutes a
nuisance by vibration or noise.
Respectfully submitted,
EATON & LEWIS !
New York City, May 5, '1890.
EATON a LEWIS
ITABLE
<yi£w &or/y_
T. A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:-
Re Illuminating Co »' alleged nuisance on 39th,
St, I beg to say that Mr, Bowker tells me to-day that he has
theoretically solved the question of the exhaust. He turned
the exhaust steam into the spare stack, and thereupon all vibra¬
tion ceased, absolutely. Moreover, the cessatioh of all vibra¬
tion showed that no jar canes through the earth,' Inasmuch as
the steam would ruin the smoke-stack in a short time, tie mme
result will be obtained by other means, probably by making a
brick tank to exhaust i&s
The experiments thus far made are as follows: 20 feet
of new steam pipe on the roof wifli large new exhaust head; cotton
belting, whidh works well; hair felting under the dynamo, which
does not do much good; lining the walls of the 26th. St, Statio®:,.
to prevent j'ar, but unsuccessful; injection of water into the
tank, not good; an injector at discharge pipe of engine, no good;
rubber buffers placed in horizontal exhaust pipe, no good; two
diaphragms placed also in the said general exhaust pipe, no good;
and at thw 26th. St. Station, new exhaust valves in^ngine, no
good, 1
Mr, Bowker statesti at you are erg^ed in experimenting
to find a way to cure the nuisance arising from cinders etc,'
We are adjourning this case from week to week, being treat
ed very courteously by. the plaintiff.
Very truly yours.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Orange ,
H. J.
My dear Mr. Edison :
We can now say, I think, that all danger of a real in¬
junction at the 39th Street station is over, as even with the
quick revolution engines, we have succeeded in practically stopping
any noise external to the building*
I have been intending to report to you as soon as that
result was reached, and am glad to learn from Major Eaton that you
will be glad to have a report on the subject. You may care to
lcnov/ what we tried unsuccessfully, so that these may not be attempt-
ed again.
There was at first much question whether the noise and
vibration came through the air, through the walls, or through the
Si-«K5w
foundations of the building. At 26th street., on the west side on
which the engines are there placed - where we had complaint of the
removal of a tenant of the Racquet Club but no suit 7- there did seem
to be sone indication of noise through the wall® to those por¬
tions of the adjoining building on a level with the dynamo and
engine floors. To prevent this, we started lining the walls on
Thomas A. Edison, Esq, 2,
that side with roofing, paper, afterward to be replaced by asbestos.,
or a similar nonconductor of sound, but this did not seem to be
sufficiently efficacious to justify that interference with the
cleanliness, etc,, of the station. By putting a layer of hair
felt tinder the dynamos and replacing the leather belting with
ootton*faced belting, the interior noise was so much reduced as
practioally to do away with this difficulty, and we shall now
probably take down the rooflijpaper lining on the 26th Street west
wall.
In the course of our experiments it was further demon¬
strated that there was practically no vibration whatever through
either walls or foundation at 39th Street, except possibly,, the
w»e«rest vibration when several engines were in operation together.
The final result has shown that 90|f, probably, of the
total disturbance came through the air from the vibration communi¬
cated at the exhaust* head or from the exterior exhaust 'pipe - sir
though whether this was a transmission througi the contents of the
exhaust- pipe - the steam and air, or by a telephonic vibration
through the metal structure, it has been difficult to say. it
seems probable that some vibration was transmitted through both.,
This vibration through the air seemed to act upon the well-hoies
in the Mystic Elat buildings as though they were organ pipes, 'open
at one end, or resonators, as the pulsations were even more Evident
at the bottom of these wells, quite out of reaoh of any reflection.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. 3,
of the sound, than at the top or middle portion.
Our first remedy was the construction of a new type of
exhaust-head devised by Mr. Van Vleck and Mr. Reese, with special
reference to dissipating the sound* mils was raised tWBnty feet
higher than the old exhaust-head, and connected to the stack with
an asbestos layer between. Nearly 50# of the noise was disposed
of in this way, but probably more because the exhaust head was
lifted far above the roof than because Of the improvement in the
nature of the exhaust-head itself,. Sufficient noise, however,
remained to keep the Mystic flats people quite dissatisfied.
Several experiments were then made in the engine room
itself. Rubber buffers were inserted in joints of the main ex-
haus-t^pipe before it reached the exhaust tank, but it seemed this
made very little difference. Two perforated diaphrams were also
inserted in the main exhaust pipe, the two diaphrams being turned
so that the steam had to seek an indirect channel, but this also
without much effect. A similar experiment was tried at the dis¬
charge pipe of the engine, just where the exhaust steam reached
the general exhaust -pipe, but this also was ineffective. Each of
these perhaps, did a little good, but not enough to qount. As
some of the Engineers thought that the iron tank itself-, which is
in our station floor, might act as a resonator, a direct connection
was made around the tank, whioh resulted in an increase instead of
decrease of the noise.
Thomas A. Edi son Es;q^ .
A construction of canvass, being a sort of canvass tub®
of the diameter of the exhaust head, was also tried, carrying th-'J
steam from the exhaust head to a little above the top of the t
stacks. Kiis produced some improvement, obviating any reflect^
of sound from the smoke stacks, but this also was nott of much
effect.
It was impracticable, because of the lack of space at
the 39th Street Station, to construct or place within the buildiii&if
sufficient tank room to promise good results; and a brick .tank infffl
the yard of the building back, whi ch we owned, would, we found,
have been very costly, besides the objection that we had to break '
through the- main station walls to get to it, while the vaults " ;i
already constructed at the back, through which to take our feeders,
left very little room for a tank of any size*: The chiEiney stacks,
however, being practically vertical tanks of brick, offered a
similar opportunity, and we found that the noise of one engine j
was entirely stopped by running an 8- inch tettiporary exhaust into
the unused smoke stack. This at first seemed objectionable because j
vytAd UlUvn n,
of the possible disintegration, but on oonsultation with the ar-
ohiteots and further investigation by our mechanical people,, there
seemed to be no reason to apprehend disintegration except for a
small fraction of an inch. This pipe however* did not go through
the f coder , and we had an enormously increased oonstjmption p’f ,#'6al !
because of the lower temperature of water supplied to the ' ‘
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. 5j
It was finally decided that the exhaust steam could be
run into the used smoke stack without any danger whatever, after
passing through the feeder and heating the water for the boilers,
This was finally done through two separate. 16 inch exhaust pipes
leading into the smoke stack in use, one somewhat above the other,
and the noise liaa been almost absolutely cured in that way. The
Engineers report that the teal* is bettered instead of checked by
the change, and this simple expedient seems to work well at every
point. Whether it would do when a larger number of engines were
placed in the station, may be a matter of question.
I have had some investigations made into the probable
length of the sound waves and the rapidity of their transmission,
with a view to testing whether any result could be obtained by
running different portions of the steam through channels of
separate length, so that the pulsation waves would interfere, the
one with the other, but so long a wave length was indicated that
it seemed improbable^ we could make suffioiient difference of chan¬
nel, and this line of experiment was never tried$
We propose to replace the present iron tank in the sta¬
tion floor with a brick tank of the largest possible capacity, -a's
it seems probable there is some vibration in this iron tank-, al^-
though the difficulty is practically in the sharp exhauSt and
short Hxhxusi stroke of tie Armington & Sims engine*#
To remedy the complaints against the fine duat#
Thomas A, Edison, Esq., 6,
dndpping from our smoke stackf, we first tried putting a wire-
gauze over the top of the smoke stack* This worked all right until
the first wet day, when the rain falling through the interstices
and matting the solid matter against the wires, shut down on the
draught to such an extent that the rigging was taken off the
stack^ as sailors would take in a reef during a gale1. A similar
screen was then tried at the bottom of the same stack, but this
filled up so quiokly with the solid particles, that the same re¬
sult happened. The expedient of throwing the exhaust steam into
the used smoke stacks seemed to remedy this however, as well as
the other difficulty, and the matter which falls can of course be
easily cleaned out from within the. staok,;. I shall be very glad
to hear, however, that your experiments with electrifying these,
particles have been successful - although it is to be borne in
mind that we are contending With here not with a bituminous resi¬
due or carbon of any kind, but with an aSh*
I shall be glad to give you any further particulars, or
to know that you have been glad to reoieive these.
Very truly yours,,*:
O. O . (3 irw'C'iX/'v
THE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
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1090.
Contluioli |
In ill or. to the estimate of time callod for by my
letter of t oli 51st, please ivo us a statement of ho’./ you arrived
at the rough estimate of 0340, 000. as approni: into cost of building,
and about hov/ that is to bo divided a, ton tlio different elements of
cost.
In regard to the placing of the supporting side walls
and consequent v/ldth of building, that should be determined by a
calculation of the space necessary on the lover floor, to give
plenty of room around the 1,000' II. P. unit, and for the oloctrioal
gallery between, and on the boiler room floor for adequate boilers.
Y/e do not wish to make the building v/idor than is necessary for its
purposes, as it night bo better to leave 30 feet instead of 35
foot on 'Elm Street, if it gives us plenty of v/icith.
In planning the foundation of the building and for the
engine, you need to keep in view the provision of one, or possibly
two, driven wells for obtaining, an independent supply of water, and
. of .giving space for a brick tank or tanka as largo as possible,
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Mosers. Buchman & Doislor. 2.
to receive the exhaust steam, replacing the iron tanks in use in
our uptown stations - also, provision should be made for a tank or
tanks - perhaps one at either end, for receiving vrator from tho
street, so that the pumps shall not oxert any suction on tho
croton system, as is complained of at the 2<3th Street Station.
In placing the engine foundations, these should be put
as near together toward the center of tho building as is practica¬
ble, so as to leavo as much room at front and rear for purposes of
communication and for office room, as can be properly managed.
\ili Gn you visit the Brooklyn station, please note its arrangement
in that particular.
In general, it will probably be desirable, when tho
both ends of the building are completed, to make the Duane Street
frontage an entrance for office purposes, and tho Pearl Street
frontage tho entrance for station and mechanical purposes . There
should bo on tho Duane Street side, if not on both sides, provis¬
ions for passenger as well as freight elevators, particularly in
view of the possible addition of four stories for factory or
office purposes. It may be well also, to provide facilities within
tho elevator shafts, for hoisting to tho roof, in place of hoisting
from the outside, as wo have boon obliged to do recently uptown.
It is proposed to run elevators and all other subsidiary
machinery throughout' tho building, by electric motors instead of
by smaller engines, so that tho station shall be throughout an
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noonva. ihichnaii Dololor. 3.
ol.vicot lesson in 1 3 i. o practical application of She electric ourrer.ti.
in the arrangement of the stacks a id other portions of
t2u; building relatin'.1; to stoam power, plane should bo made by
vrhiah there nay bo an alternative throughout every portion of the
system, for example - that the onhauot steam :nay bo oarriod into
oitiior staok or "both, by suoli arrangement, and devices as can bo
operated at any t imo . 'diin will obviate a considerable difficulty,
/Which v;c oncountorod uptown in recent improvements.
1 1- :r
^o';* - It would-be well to consider, in the arrangement of the
^building as woll as in' the planning of the machinery, the prac¬
ticability of loading coal directly from cars brought to the
station on trucks, so that both the truck and liorcoa may be
backed within the lines of the station building, leaving the sido-
v/alk entirely unenoumbered and confining all our work to the
station itself. She sumo cars might be used to tolso up the ashes,
so that one journey of a truck would bring coal and take uv/uy ashes-
Also adequate arrangements should be made for weighing the coal as
it comes to us, as also weighing coal, water, etc., as delivered
to the boilers.
In the facades of the building, the combination of
brick with stone trimmings used in the uptovm stations, will
prubably bo satisfactory in this, but wo should bo glad to have
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Messrs, Buoliman & Deislor. 4,
n:l'/ suggestions fro;:] you as to the use of the newer typos of brick
of ornamental colors.
'i'ho side walls should have sucli provision for connection
with a possible Eta Stroet Office building as can be made without
weakening their structural strength. When they got to a height
above the probable height of adjacent building, it would bo well
to provide for tlioir simple ornamentation in an inexpensive
manner, rather than to show nn ugly brick well to the rest of the
City.
As it is not impossible that, within a few years, elec¬
tricity may be produced by direct combustion, without the inter¬
position of steam machinery, or that the supply may be brought
from a considerable distance for storage, wo should look forward
to oho possibility that a building, in this valuable quarter, may
ultimately be converted into purposes other than station vise, and
so far as it is practicable to do so, it would bo well, in your
arrangement of grand stories on tlic facades, as within the build¬
ing, to wake it easy to transform the building, by providing in¬
termediate floors where the engines and boilers arc to be placed.
Some important changes as to the height of the several
floors may bo necessary as the plans are developed, for instance,
the adoption of the upright type of boiler would make u much
higher boiler room necessary.
Wo give you those points now as things to be kept in
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Manors. Euohman A Doislor
mind frcri the start in all of your plans.
Yours very truly.
Pirou Vioc President.
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THE EDI80N ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
OF NEW YORK,
<* EXECUTIVE OFFICE
16 Sl 18 BROAD STREET.
[ENCLOSURE]
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York.
'v $2,000,000 First Mortgage Five Per Cent.
Convertible Gold Bonds.
These bonds are in coupon form and are dated March 1st, 1800, running twenty years, to
March 1st, 1910, if not converted or redeemed prior to that date, and they can be registered as
to the principal. Principal and interest payable in gold coin. Coupons payable March 1st and
September 1st each year.
The holders may at their option, convert the bonds into the capital stock of this Company
(which is now $4,000,000) at par, on ninety days notice, during the years 1892 to 1895 inclusive.
'I his bond is secured by a First Mortgage covering the Company's real estate, buildings,
stations, plant, underground conductors, franchises, leaseholds and property of every nature, real,
personal or mixed, now owned or hereafter to be acquired in the City of New York, below 70th
Street, the real estate, station buildings and other buildings in various parts of the City, being
valuable property in good locations for general purposes.
The plant, consisting of station apparatus, underground conductors, stock, tools and fix¬
tures, is now and will be of the very best construction obtainable, and so arranged as to secure
the largest earning power possible with a minimum of operating expenses, the total cost of
which will be— when the proceeds of this last issue shall have been expended— in the neighbor¬
hood of $4,000,000 cash.
The first station built by the Company (in Pearl St.) has alone shown net earnings, in each
of the years 1888 and 1889, more than sufficient to pay the entire interest on these bonds, and this
has been accomplished with a capacity of less than 17,000 lamps, — it now has 20,000 lamps con¬
nected, — and furnishes a large amount of power to motors.
The construction of a station and extensions of the plant, for which the proceeds of these
bonds and the new stock issue are to be used, will provide a total capacity of 175,000 to 200,000
lamps, and in view of the general demand for the light, as well as for power to be used for small
motors, the earnings will be very large and constantly on the increase, as great care is being taken
to establish the new plant in territory which will provide the largest amount of business
immediately.
I he Municipal franchises and rights of the Company in this City are very valuable, and
could not be duplicated at the present time and the license from the Edison parent company se¬
cures to it the exclusive right to the whole of Manhattan Island.
Ihe Edison system of conductors covered by many patents, is entirely underground and
the light, being always of low tension and entirely safe, is popular with the public, by reason of
the steadiness of its burning and regularity of its supply.
Dividends have been paid on the capital stock of this Company at the rate of four per
cent, per annum continuously since 1885, the amount of such Dividends paid in 1889 being over
$100,090, and the business of the Company is so thoroughly established as to warrant the assur¬
ance of continued dividends with a steady addition to the surplus besides.
We are entirely familiar from personal experience with the Company’s business and
finances and feel confident that this bond has an unquestionable basis of value, and we commend
it to investors as having a double attractiveness, first by reason of its security, and second, the
possibilities from the option to convert into stock which may become very valuable and in the
judgment of those best qualified is very certain to so prove.
Application will be made to list the bonds on the New York Stock Exchange'.
Respectfully yours,
Spencer Trask & Co.
Mr. Edison was hare last I sold him$27 0f Edison Convertible
(3.
Certificates'^ even up his stock, s#l/VZfo, and gay.e him a bill of
same, calling for payment of $20,25 to us;. -
Will you kindly ask him for the bill 1 gave him and
remit check to cover same, as I have no doubt that he has over¬
looked it.
rill li.id in rc-rtliind e. ament- not in ordinary mortar.
ilov; that : ir, Boggs has ;;o<: . into the service, or th
oral Company, I ahull have to ask you to lot mo consult you
v/oll ao Mr. Henderson on those practical ; alt -ra ns much cm
Hiblo, providing you do not let my questions divert you from
important work.
Very truly yours,
O.O. 0 trvvVa^v
first Vice President.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York,
General Office, 432 Fifth Avenue,
cop* NeW Y°rk' a8' 1800
Mr. R. R. Bowker, First VJoe prest..,
Ho. 16 Broad Street , New York Cl-ty.
Dear Sir
In reference to the exhaust in would say that after
cqnsulting y/ith Mr. Brewster In regard to ’shutting doy/n the station, we
concluded to make an examination last night after twelve 0.' clock, to
see if there, was any sign of injury .feeing dphe to. the chimney.
. I am very glad to report tp you that after examining the chimney
both from above and below, they found the brickwork as perfest as be¬
fore Jhey ran the, exhaust into the dhUne'^ Jfct.no time have they ever
found, any moisture, either above . *r _bejLo£j, inside .the chimney, and no; '
steam can be seen escaping at either
X will have both chimney* esmutned ayt last- once a month and if,
at any time, I find any injury being done to either of them, will reT
port the matter to you without delay, l aifefc
Yours very truly#
( Signed ) 4$%$$ REESE, JR.
COPY
.EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATINC CO.
'■ OF NEW YORK,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
, 16 * 18 BROAD STREET.
SKEHAN, Beo'y and Treasurer. NEW YORK, AugUSt Cl, WPG,
mi* s,, buoluuGn ?i hoiolor,
u West lit,, -
In regard to the facade of the new station, several sug-
gootxons occurred to me which may ho overlooked when you cone to
the actual designing, and I therefore j>ut then before you how.
’.i.'ho nervan oageo given to the uptown stations by the su¬
periority of their faeado over most factory buildings, arc so
evident that I have no doubt the Construction Committee. ‘will bo
ready to approve reasonable expenditures for nakihg tho facade of
the new building somewhat notable in its wny-lrJWl should not bo
w illing to recommend any considerable inoroaoe in expense's for
that purpose. It has suggested itself to mo, however, that, at
some central point on tho facade, place might be made for the fine
bust of .Mr. Edison in terra cotta, such as we have at tho uptown
office, possibly enlarged to heroic size- and that, if it were
desirable for decorative .purposes, this might be flunked by busts
of Iranklin and Morse as tho other great electrical pioneers of
this country. If, also, there were a band of terra cotta work or
of cut stone permitting the use of medallions, it might be inter-
.Messrs. Buchman & Deisler. 2.
csting to use in thorn low-relief portraits of the oleotrioians,
oig. whose names aro idnctified with the olectrical unit, as
Volta, topero, Ohm and Watt. Please bear in mind also that the
form of the Edison lamp would lend itself admirably for ouch
moulding as tho egg .and- £»t pattern, and that tho horse- ohoe
magnet, the urauturo and other olootrioal forms could roadi'ly bo
adapted to decorative purposes. This might bo kept in mind for
simple decorative work inside ns well ns outside tho building.
V/c should keep in mind also, tho desirability of having
some kind. of display light, which would be interesting to the
public and bo a pormonont advertisement for the Company. Possibly
thi s "might bo planned in relation with the stacks, as is done to
a limited extent in Brooklyn.
Please filo those suggestions for such use as you may
choose to make of them when the facade comes under discussion.
Very truly yours,
First Vico President.
JL<slr 04- 1 1— EBIS0N LAB0RAT0RY.
EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
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TIle Edison Electric Illuminating Co,, of New York,
,"1“Z irl'ISFwiyL,, ST. General Office, 432 Fifth Avenue,
August 27, I860
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R. R. Bowker, Esq.
First Vice President,
Having occasion to shut down the station at 39th street
this morning, in order to repair some leaks in the steam pipe, we
examined the chimney and cannot find Any signs of injury being done
to the briekwork by the exhaust steetft At no place inside of chimney
or flue could be found any moisture* #h lie I am confident that no
injury to the chimney can be caused by the steam, X will watch the
matter closely for at least 3ix months*
Very txuly yours,
I »E<5 ) THOMAS REESE, -JR,
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EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
OF NEW YORK,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
16 & 18 BROAD 8TREET.
Sept. 26, 1890.
A. 0. Tate, 35sq. ,
Secretary, Thomas A. Edison, EsqTT""
Orange, N. J.
Dear Mr. Tate :
May I ask you to obtain for me, if possible, two of the
large-sized, photographs of Mr. Edison (with autograph), for use in
our Executive and General Offices. I desire to have them framed
for the decoration of those offices.
Yours sincerely,
o&-
IE EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING O
Kiowa s A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, If, J.
Dear Mr. Edison !
2 <L//
1 send you copy of a letter on tho proposed now junction
box, replying in part to Mr. Krueni ’ & criticisms, which, I have
heard, reflected in a measure your own objections. I thought
you would like to see this, and that, possibly, it wight modify
your opinion, which wo should cortainly want to have before tie-
U/lA
ciding to wanufaetuM this new type.
X should be glad to hear when your docks are cl ear (if
ever), so that you can spare me time for a little talk - possibly
you would prefer to put it off till next week when I may be able
to bring with mo tho outline plan for tho new station, unless you
would prefer, or be willlng;to come in and moot with tho Con¬
struction Committee, of which, you will recall, you arc a member —
though we have not been able to subpoena you ns yet.
Very truly yours,
(T"). (fA O crvn/CcL A/K
Eirst Vico President.
Enclosure.
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The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
CEO. FOSTER PEABODY, PRESIDENT. J. B. SKEHAN, SECY AND TREAS.
R. R. BOWKER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. W. A. RUSSELL, AUDITOR.
General Office, 432 Fifth Avenue,
Neiv York,
Oct. 3,
1390,
iii‘. F., Bov/’;ssS
First Vice President,
Ira nr
7.u recatQ to the new Junction Box, there have bean suite riatvas-
•;lly different opinions cxyvaantA iMrtniniae to its crtvuntaeaa *afl «13.s—
MvasiASiOs, By same it has been pronounced a doeidod improvement over
the old type; 'while by others, I nadavst'Kirt, it is tbouciit the old Box'
:£>, rrfj&y therefore to those who might bold thin latter view, X
baii to submit Via following in the way of o;;r*l»ifi:'.fcloa of what I thin;-:
is the rax! statue of both the w and old Box in our Syst®a of Efodsis.
LTOund Con-luotors. Jly motive la doing this in based noioly on try de¬
sire to promote .improve, .rtatn where they' can be made v/ith profit, rivvli-
r;i.t2 0,0 X do that we have not, in any particular, reaehed the .limit of
adraaceaseat; fert}«err.oro, X desire to enuaorato some of the advnutuees-
that the new bo;-: possesses over the old Bo::, that night not .lopcra* iVcra
*A lnciple.it os’ casual inspection.
In the first place, the aew Box was do •/eloped with o view to
overcome cevtnla storin'; defects Vrvo ' -0 o”iatod :’a the old Box, of
v.-rlcb every practical ma who is familiar with our Underground System,
is .aware, .Vrlnci pally those defects As the liability of diffi- '
ciaty and danger induood by the talrihj. off and putting on of Safety
Catches under heavy currents, where serious arcs .and the most dlstrun-
tive chovt-cirouito are sometimes caused, even by the hand of the most
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Mr. udwjiei', p, ■%.
proviso and earful nrnlynlatotf - T. have Isoown th is to happen - not
rarely, but frequently - I have 3oen some ox" oar bout men practically
destroy the womans parts of a Junction box through no fault ox- their
ovn - I have seen Um, with tvoablins hands and blanehod facon, nnderi
tal;o to do t •should be a wot liamlose nor? maple to-nlci simply bc-
cuuoe they are well «nve that their Jr v'* or yia^ero -t^ht bo qooi’cbefl
blv.cl: by ■?. si«£le vdr^lveeteJ. movement. rnoae are not - fanciful otnte-
I’.ento, but facto; in the face of which, vc- felt that the ‘old Junction -
bo>: did net b'.urely fill it-, purpose:;; that it way scarcely more than
a receptacle for Safety Catches, v/ith no nexus of bronJclne oonneotlons
•tit.! the M 10- without awtaniat the life of iu wor^nt part c,; and
that the manipulation necessary to do this was not without an" axbtsont
of cA.u-.cr. It r.l-io difficult to repair a.jd hard to clean, on ac¬
count of its inaccessibility bolov/ the vine*,
an,,-, j.n «.:!« oujc.v .-r'.ad, the new box :ls entirely free .from all
thnoo object?, Mm everything Is accessible and -p-ats of ronioyui or 'j.<q-
placcmcat. It ;'bL, switches" permits, wit;; the sroatcMt ease, the
tahinL off and putties on of safety Catches. it i.n alno of sr c-ater
Ou/ve.it c -..j>-c;lty a.v- is less liable to become overheated. in brief,
it Is r. more perfect Lore than the eld one becav.ee it answers its trji<-
pooc to 9 better •?.<;! van tr.se; in Which resaru it i-; on a urr wit?; all the
recent lmprovoaoutn that have been mde in the Edison cy-rtem, which has
embraced nearly every feature, with the exception .of the 3-wire Junc¬
tion Sox, which has scarcely over been chanced m any ?, articular -since,
its introduction,
Kj0 i’e-Uov/i.ns -.re the advantases of the w, V;ox over the old:
(1) Greater spree between Safety Catches.
(c) baiter also Safety Catches.
(3) mft,3e -v/lto:j®* <* v-Ulch Safety Catches can be removed
r-.-au replaced with, out denser, of a short-circuit, and without tho
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lfe*» Bowker, p,' 3,'
slightest spark'*
. (4) . Accessibility to the bottom of the Box for cleaning purposes,
,{5) The feature of being able. to remove everything in the Box with¬
out removing the Jacket,
(6.) Conoave lid, by whioh the wa ter, that sometimes precipitates
thereon, drip's into the centre of the Box where it ca,n do no harm,
(7) Greater insulation,
(8) Greater' ampere capacity, as the main' bus-. if pf copper' and the
other parts of corresponding- ample current capacity.'
(0) ' Greater ampere capacity of the + and - switches belonging to the
feeder stub, ’ ’ '
(10) The advantage of having in the Box only those switches that are
actually in use, which can be added to, or' taken fr'omV at pleasure
This is a feature that materially reduces the cost of the Box,
when considered collectively. It may be claimed that the new Box
is larger' than the old one, but in reality only the Jacket is lar¬
ger', while the diameter' over' the stub's if the same^
I understand that an objection has been made to the new Box, in
which it has been stated that if a switch were opened with current Oft
the line, an arc would undoubtedly destroy all the other switches.
This objection, as it stands, is either art Incorrect statement, or else
the party who made it entertains an entire misconception of the princi¬
ple on which the Box is built and operated, or of the action of a blade
switch under current. Granting for a moment the possibility of such
an arc being formed In the new' Box, what then, 1 ask, wOuld become of
the old Box with the chances of producing an arc infinitely greater ?
In conclusion I would say that the new Box, as recently construe
ted, is intended more to suggest a new principle rather' than a pefffct-
ed piece of apparatus, which after having been sufficiently Studied arid
criticised, will undoubtedly be impr'obed in several respects. As it
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iJr, . Bowker. p, 4.
is now constructed, however, it appears to be a very efficient and
creditable piece of work - thanks to the attention Which has been .given
it in its construction.
.Finally, in answer to the question as to what extent the new Box
could profitably be adopted, I beg to reply that, at present, I would
advise its use only at the important centres of distribution - that is
to say - at all feeder ends and at the intersection Of important, maihs^
at these points, it is especially adapted to the conditions, on account
of its being- more satisfactory to operate and Vabtiy mqfe durable than
the ordinary Box, which would rapidly depreciate. 1 would not now
advise its use »n the outlaying, lighWoaded districts of a system,
where the ordinary Box, being rarely operated, would be .^ite well '
suited to the requirements,
■ Very truly, • ' •
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
SPENCER TRASK, PRESIDENT. J. B. SKEHAN, SECY AND TRE.
R. R. BOWKER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, W. A. RUSSELL, AUDITOR.
General Office,- 4.32 Fifth Avenue,
350 th October , 1800
Dear Mr. Edison :
If the architects Eire me their pencil plan.3 to-
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morrow noon, as they hope to do, I shall endeavor to. come out to see
you early Wednesday afternoon, to give you the first sight of the
station plans as 30 far developed, and to talk over certain matters
business a.nd electrical, which I have been storing away in one corner
of my mind for some time, until I could get your advice in regard to
them.
Very truly your 3,
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey ,
G.O.0
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•* The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
Executive Office, 1 6- 1 8 Broad St.
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[ENCLOSURE]
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
6PENCER TRASK, PRESIDENT. d. B. SKEHAN, SECY AND TREAS.
R. R. BOWKER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. W. A. RUSSELL, AUDITOR.
Executive Office, 16-18 Broad St. w""NO
Mow York, Kocombor 10, 1890.
Kfiluon General Electric Company,
«T, 0. Henderson, Esq. , Enginoer in Chief,
03 UrOud fktroot, City.
Eeur ni’.’ Henderson S
Yo'u will recall that Mr, Edison omjihao lac'd the ifcipflrtaneo
ofliaVina "an electrical canvass made of our hovnitosm Mstribt "about
tli'U feil'ddla of December, it having boon L spraeti cable to obtain any
adequate notion of what the lighting requirements’ cif' thiii ’part of
How York wore at "the time WG were in con salt n’t Ion about this mat tor
before. We fool, no previously stated, that the conditions in Mow
York so militate against isiy really scientific layout of a foodor
system because of the crowded condition of such main thoroughfares
us Mroadvuy, of the difficulties regarding now paving, of the com¬
petition of other Companies in contain districts, etc., etc., that
the most careful canvass would give comparatively li t tie guidance
in the practical dotornination of the routes, etc. of feeders, but
wo fool, of course , not only that ;lr. Edison's views on this sub¬
ject arc entitled to full supremacy, but that we desire to carry
out his wishes in such critters in every respect. If, therefore,
hr. Edison still desires that such ’a canvass should be made, 'will
you kindly lot me know
whether you have the force at hand for that
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J. 0, Henderson, Esq. 2.
purpose and when you could muke such canvass. It would bo desir¬
able, probably, to cover New York south from Canal Street excepting
the poorer quarters, and not to go above Oanal Street, as for some
little time ahead we should not attempt to cover very much of the
District between Canal and 3th Streets.
Very truly yours,
First Vice President.
■ The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
8PENCER TRASK, PRESIDENT. J. B. 8KEHAN, 8EC»V AND TREA8.
R. R. BOWKER, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. W. A. RUSSELL, AUDITOR.
Executive Office, 16-18 Broad St.
As your letter < it? rot i i to your pros on t 0 1 re /U,
the ■ , l 1 • ft) t p % Mr. hendoruou n loiter, o 1 < 1 npfr i::
oviolosou, ::..d rill ask you to r.erm hi:. word by telephone or letter.
I t’iv.si t'.iot wo are in fault i-i not no: di: - you the proi-ossed Iny-
ot\t of fuoaors uptown which 1 thought 3: mi already boon -.t by our
Electrician. iir. jienderoon remind:; no tiu-.t r.uoi. is not t.e or. ->o
I win -THieavor to have it coot you promptly;
p-.ic District illus tratoo one of jgko ■ exigencies to which
wo are oonutm-tly put; we hod planned that our 1*6 odors , to rceel:
what used to be called the " Fourth District," should run fro:.; the
39th Street Station at 40th Street, a Ion;; (3 th Avenue to the 53rd
Street vault, hut it proved impracticable., to /jet t'.ie assent of the
Board of Klectriual Control to reopen 6th .Avenue before the winter,
iSTki therefore at the last moment we were -obliged to run #1000
feeder alon/; 5th Avenue from 4Snd to 54tli Street ^ to take care of
the heavy load we are yet tin;; at the extreme northeast • corner of
the District for the ’winter.
I thank you for yoxir
courteous reply to my denire to
truly youiv,
(0- O. 0 '/-wta v .
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[ENCLOSURE]
* ! oVi” York, Bee ember 17th, 1890,
Edison tienoi’al El oo trio Oo. ,
j. c. iionderson, Es<i. , Eneinoor in Chief,
08 broad Street, City.
Dear Sir. :
In mm Mr. Edison, with vrhon I ari coranunioatine in tho
matter, informs you toy lot tor or by tolerhono of his cloolro to .
},avo the canvass of the lowor part of Sow York made as oujKjestod,
please take stops to have tho work started at once and completed
us soon as practicable, this letter beinjy your authority from this
Company for that purpose.
Your canvass should cover that part of the city extending
from tho Battery alone the East River to Catherine Street, thence
up the Bowery to 8th Street, thonco south alone Wooster Street to
Canal Street, west alone Canal Street to the Worth River and alone
tho line of the Worth River to the Battery.
Wo understand that no exact estimate of tho cost of this
canvass oan be made, but that it is a matter of a few hundred
dollars only.
Very truly yours ,
First Vico President.
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
Executive Office, 16-18 Broad St.
Nkw York, December 20th, 1890.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Edison ElectricT illuminating
Company of New York will be held at the office of the Company, as above, on Tuesday, the
20th day of January, 1891, at 12 .\i„ to. elect thirteen directors for /lie ensuing year, and to
is may come before the meeting./'
transact such other business ai
Action will also be taken by the Stockholders
authorize the
issue, if authorized, will make the
$2,25o,ooo, the limit allowed by law ; said
lid^meeting upon a proposition t
of $25o,ooo of First Mortgage Bond^, under the present mortgage, which
itstanding First Mortgage Bonds of this Company
: Sypoo Bonds or their proceeds to be used
only under vote of the Board of Directors of this Company, for additional construction work
when decided upon. /
For the purpose of such meeting, the/ransfer books will close on Friday, January, 2nd,
1891, and re-open Wednesday, January l\ st, 1891.
In case you cannot be present at the meeting, will you kindly execute and return the
enclosed proxy to J. B. Skehan, S^fetary, 16 Broad Street, New York City.
J. B. SKEHAN,
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York
Executive Office, 16-18 Broad St.
ilcv; vork , Dooc: '!
hear Mi'. Main on :
Re’rtyiM,; to your hi 1 favor }■• yi ft Friday »ui
9, '^osniiilo day for you, I write to r.ny t jx 1 hoyn to > out in
tho afternoon by as early a train as the «> mi" out o to
of I'M ootri -il Control, which neoto at l P. 21. 0:1 that Piy, ril.l
>ot wishes of tho sea;
Very truly yours ,
0.o. n trvvCoxA
1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company - General
(D-90-30)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the
Edison Electric Light Co. The letters are by Frank S. Hastings, secretary and
treasurer, and relate to a proposed sub-station in Newport, Rhode Island, and
to possible competition from the Westinghouse Electric Co. On August 1,
1890, this company became part of the Edison General Electric Co. Some of
the material may be partially illegible due to water damage and faded ink.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal
and acknowledgement; meeting announcements; routine letters requesting
Edison photographs for Carl Schurz, who served on the company’s board of
directors; other routine business correspondence.
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1. EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
44 WALL STREET.
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New Yorlc, _ Eehr.uar.y...3.9.th,
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison’s laboratory,
IX'
Orange, M. J.
My dear Mr. Tate,
Some time ago certain maps and determinations were
turned over either to Mr. Edison or to sane one under his direc¬
tion in relation to Newport, R. I. with a view to make up an es¬
timate for a transformer system for that City. Can you tell me
what condition this matter 1b in and whether an estimate was ever
made up ? Or, if not, how long would it take to get such an
estimate 1 I fear the delay will result in the Newport Company
negotiating with Westinghouse or sane one else for an alternating
system.
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
yorlc . gfl'b... 27.th.. 1890,
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A. 0. Tate Esq.,
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir :
Your favor of 25th inst. regarding NeY/p&t''l-^--a
hand-. I happened to meet Mr. Kennelly this morning, and ..after dis¬
cussing the matter with him, I agreed to write to Newport for the
purpose of obtaining certain additional data ’upon ‘wiii'cA to base an
estimate. As soon as I receive this inforihati'6'ft I wills' eomfmi^^|^|
with you again. As explained to Mr. Kennelly, my object is to ob¬
viate the possibility of the West inghouse Company selling. a plaint
to light the residential portion of Newport.
Y6urs very 1
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
Mw York. — Mar..ch....4th,....18.9.Q.. .
A. E. Kennelly Esq.,
Edison laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
My dear Mr. Kennelly :
I enclose herewith a letter from the New¬
port Company, which gives information, as to the proposed location'
of a sub-station. It is just as I supposed; they propose to put
this transformer station west of Bellvi*^' Avenue. Kindly return
this letter to me after reading, and oblige.
1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company -
Illuminating Companies (D-90-31)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
organization and operations of local Edison illuminating companies. Included
are letters pertaining to the expansion of the Mount Carmel central station and
the construction of a new South Side station in Chicago. Other documents
concern Edison’s and Arthur E. Kennedy's attendance at the annual
convention of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies in
Minneapolis.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine business
correspondence, mostly regarding orders and shipments; letters of transmittal.
//
The Edison Illuminating Company
of Newport.
Newport, r. i„ Feb. 24th. ,1^0.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq. ,
Dear Sir:-
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Will you kindly inform us if you have yetarrivedsat a de¬
termination for the operation of a plant to light Oohre Point and
vicinity.
Truly yours,
Edison Ill. Co. ,
per^. (P.
gjEjjnw illuminating co. Qf
Offices and Station, ^
Nos. 358, 360 & 362 PEARL STREET,
March 31a t. 1890.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.
7 £ .
The officers of this Company have arranged to throw open this
Station for the inspection of our leading citizens, public officials
and their families, on the evenings of the 8th. and 10th. April, and
cards of invitation have been issued for the same, the object being
mainly to familiarize the general public, especially householders, with
the appliances for the electric light and to demonstrate its safety
and adaptability to their houses.
The Directors of the Company unite with me in the expression of
the earnest hope that you may arrange to be with us on one of these
evenings. We should be glad to have you see our Station, one of the
best in the land we think, but we should be still more glad to grasp by
the hand the man whose genius and patient industry has made all this
possible.
We will promise you that there shall be no formal ceremony or
reception, but your presence cannot fail to add to the interest of the
occasion, as well as to assist us in our attempt to educate our people
to the advantages of our light.
Very truly yours.
President.
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The Chicago Edison Company,
139-141 ADAMS STREET.
...May - ■Gth , . 1S!1Q., .
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The now South Side Station which will bo located
at about the centre of the district, is 2 1/2 milos from
the old Station, and it is 2 miles from the property con¬
trolled by Mr. Villard. The old station is a half mile
from Mr. Villard's property. We have decided to build
tlio new station at once. We have orders placed for
nearly everything necessary. I am strongly in. favor of
the large station as proposed by Mr. villard, and left with
Mr. Henderson in Now York, what data I could. With the
natural growth of the business, we would want to start the
large station with at least 100,000 light capacity, so
arranged that it could be oasily increased 100,000 lights
mor9, 1 know I am right in not making the figures
any less, although I think some people in Wall Street,
considered me a little too enthusiastic, although they didn't
Mr. Villard’s property is splendidly situated for
what ho proposed, and I am very anxious for immediate action,
as it will take until next Spring to perfect the plan, yet
we might by activity, get all material to complete it, so we
could being early next Spring and have everything in operation
By Pall.
The Chicago Edison Company,
139-141 ADAMS STREET.
(2)
I write this to keep the subject before you, and
hope to see it carried into effect early. It will be un¬
necessary for me to write Mr. Viilard on the matter, because
he lias it in mind, and I told Mr. Henderson to not hesitate
to call on me for any data, which will enable him to make
a rough estimate of the cost, that we might prepare early
to raise the necessary money.
Very truly yours,
jS<j
G*.
THE ASSOCIATION OF
-4 EDISON ♦ ILLUMINATING ♦ COMPANIES, h
Officers, 1889-90.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
ROOM 71, NO. 44 WALL STREET.
NEW YORK, August 15th, 1890.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION,
Gentlemen :
The Annual Convention of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies for the
gear 1890, will be held at the West Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn., commencing on Tuesday, September 16th.
importance. Among these mag be noted the fact that as a gear has elapsed since the last Convention, many
events of vital consequence have occurred, and the general progress of the Edison business will not only bring
many new and interesting phases of electric light work before the Convention, but will point many practical
lessons to the active executive members of the various illuminating companies composing our Association.
A circular will be issued within the next two weeks stating more in detail the principal features of the
Convention ; but it is now important to note that the managers of the principal stations of the country are
expressing an unusual interest, that the officials of the parent company are making preparations to attend, and
that the presence of Mr. Edison (which is always a source of inspiration) is assured.
The neighborhood of the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul was recommended by the Executive
Committee and, approved by the last Convention as desirable for many reasons, among others that the delegates
will be afforded an opportunity to combine with their attendance upon the business of the Convention an
enjoyable vacation. The two cities to which the attention of the delegates will be naturally directed are
especially interesting on account of their large Edison central stations and their Sprague electric railways.
In addition to these features of attraction it should be especially noted that the session occurs during the
period of greatest activity in the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition, which will present as one of its principal
attractions the Paris Exhibit of Mr. Thomas A. Edison, lately shov/n at the Lenox Lyceum, New York City, and
embracing the long line of inventions from the early electric "vote recorder" to the perfected phonograph. An
elaborate exhibition of the phonograph is in preparation, as well as several peculiar and beautiful lighting effects
on a scale which has never before been attempted in the history of the incandescent art. In connection with the
forth-coming circular, careful details of the arrangement of the Exposition will be communicated, it is sufficient
now to say that its attractions were considered by the Executive Committee, sufficient to warrant the postpone¬
ment of our session from the date in August, at which it should have occurred in the ordinary course of events, to
the later date specified. , ,
The City of Minneapolis is in many respects a desirable resort at this period of the year, situated as it is
near the Lake country of Minnesota, with easy railroad communication to numberless points of interest within the
State and along the Great Lakes, It may safely be predicted that many of the delegates will take advantage of
the readiness with which they can prolong their trip after the convention by visiting some of these localities which
can be reached without any considerable expense or loss of time.
Arrangements have been made by which delegates can engage in advance rooms at $3.00 per day, or
$3.50 per day with bath, these prices including board, and those who may attend may be assured of first-class
accommodations, as this hotel justly enjoys the reputation of being one of the best in the United States. The
proprietor will place at the disposal of the Association a hall for our meetings, and all desirable committee rooms.
Accommodations should be secured by mail or telegraph as early as convenient, as the month of September is
one of the busiest of the year at this popular resort, and the Exposition will probably tax the capacity of all the
hotels in the city.
Yours very truly,
W. J. JENKS,
Secretary.
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H EDISON 4 ILLUMINATING 4 COMPANIES, h
:kt, JOHN I, DISCOS.
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SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
ROOM 71, NO. 44 WALL STREET.
Executive Committee, 1
I*. EDGAR, BOSTON, >1.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq**
Orange, N* JV
Dear Sir : —
I sand under another cover notloes of the meeting of the
Association at Minneapolis* Ife have been assured that, if possible
you would accompany the party, and it is certain that this announce¬
ment will exercise a great influence toward making this one of our
best Conventions*
It 1b difficult to express the Importance which attached
to the presence of Mr* Kemelly at the Niagara Falls meeting last
year* His paper on the ^Heating of Electric Conductors* was per¬
haps the most thoroughly practical feature of the discussions, and
was rendered vastly more forcible by his personal magnetism and the
force of his direct address* If not inconsistent with your other
plans it would certainly be of great value to have him go to
Minneapolis this year and present something to the Convention from
the fund of information frail which he always draws so clearly
and happily* If thiB is impossible, I hope it may not be out of
the question fbr him to write a paper, and I think if you will in-
struct him to do so we shall profit very much by it*
If you will direct him to reply in accordance with your
wishes and plana it will assist me very muoh in making up the prog-
ranmo of the session.
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IS BROAD STREET,
SAMUEL INSULL.
R JVbu; York, . August-. .
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A.O.Tat e,Esq. .Private Secretary,
Edison Labratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;-
I have your letter of the 27th, with relation
to Mr. Edison going to Minneapolis.
1 don't think there is any necessity of showing Mr. Edison the
letter from Mr. Jenks. If you do, I think Mr. Edison will nuke a
point blank refusal to go to Minneapolis.
I had Mr. Edison's partial consent to going, and I would pre¬
fer to leave the matter in this shape until a day or so before the
Convention. I hope to have other business that will draw Mr. Edi¬
son to the West at the same time.
I have sent for Mr. Jenks, and am going for him pretty lively
for interfering in the matter. I have had some correspondence
with Mr. JfW'ri^'previously on the matter.
Yours
Bdis®H
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Dear Sir:
Herewith please find cljeck for
$ /Xrt. - - being dividend No. £ on Scares
of Stock standing in your name on / 0^ , 18 r/rf
Please acknowledge receipt,
E. C. TIER, Treasurer.
gfiCb - Mt
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
/J(9 'C$4 Y-Yic/fi’Uy (EQUITABLE BUILDING)
A. 0. Tate Esq., /
X I< A. Edison Esq., /
Orange, N.J. /
Dear Sir j- /
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the
15+.h inst. enclosing letter from thji President of the Edison
Electric Illuminating Company of Carmel, Pa«, dated Sept. 10th,
and enclosing a waive/ to be executed by Mr. Edison of the regular
notice of Stockholders meeting^ You suggest** the possibility
of Mr. Edison' 8 signature to/ the waiver of notice carrying with
it
j obligation
in his part to subscribe for his proportion
of the proposed increase/in the capital stook.
There is no such obligation imposed upon Mr# Edison, «Lq
only effect of signing the waiver, is to relieve the officers of the
Company frompublishiqg a notice of stockholders meeting for 60
days. To hold a stockholders meeting upon a less notice than
60 days publication, would be an irregularity were it not for th»
I waiver, that is the only purpose or object of the waiver, anl no
obligation is undertaken beyond that of not questioning the
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regularity of the meeting.
We return to you herewith Mr. Watkins' letter together
with the proposed waiver.
Yours truly.
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Mount Carmel, Pa., September 10/90
Thomas A.EdiBOn.Esq. ,
New York.
Dear Sir:-
The directors of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
this place are desirous of improving their plant, and for this pur¬
pose wish to increase their capital stock from $16000,00 to $30,
000. 00. To do this the law requires that a notice be published for
60 days pr6or to the election to be held by the stockholders for
the purpose of voting on the same.Tha authorities of the town are
desirous of having the streets lighted, and on this account we will
have to act immediately, to prevent others coming in and talcing the
contract. Under the law the election can be held on thB 22nd of this
month, providing that the unanimous consent of the stockholder is
obtained, waiving the required notice. If ithe proposed increase meets
with you approval, I wish that you would please execute a power of
attorney to the secretary of the company, I. W. Kaiser, authorizing him
to sign your name waivin' g the notice. I also enclose a oppy of
the waiver, which we are getting the stockholders here to sign,
which, if you see fit, sign, as we may be able to get along with this,
and not need the power of attorney. Please let me hear from you at
fence, and oblige
Yours Truly
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From . San '1 Insull , . Second V President ,
lo A- . 0. Tate, . Esqr. , Private .Secretary,
Octo. 3rd., 1890,'
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I enclose you herewith, a copy of the Due Bill, showing^/^.
that Mr. Shaw is entitled to three Shares of the Edison Electric ^
Illuminating Co. of Mount Carmel, but will you please find out
whether you have this stock in the safe at Orange, or whether it
is here in New York: if in New York, I will get Mr. Edison to get
out the stock, the first time he is in town. A \J
[ENCLOSURE]
copy.
^ZCElVgfi
0CT 2 1890 ■
The Rdiion Kletrie Light Company,
Ans'd .
S3 Fifth Ayenue. .
New Tork.aoth Oct 1385.
Dna to P.B.Shaw( to be delivered on receipt of etoek from
Company) three ehares fully paid etock of the Rdi eon Blectric Ill'
muninating Oonp any of Mount Camel , Pa.
Thoe A.Rdieon,
By Samuel Xnaull,
Attorney.
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E. C. TIER, Treasurer.
1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company
of Philadelphia (D-90-32)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Electric Light Co. of Philadelphia. Most of the
correspondence is by William D. Marks, general manager of the company.
There are also several reports by Marks to the company’s board of directors
concerning the construction and operation of central stations.
Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal
and acknowledgement; meeting announcements; other routine business
correspondence; order forms for supplies.
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Philadelphia ,Pa. Hah ./& 189 Cr
To the President and the Board of Directors of the
Edison Electric Light Co. of Philadelphia.
GENTLEME N: —
Your Station at 908 Sansom St. having been in" operation
ten months lacking 5 days to Jan'y. 1st 1890, it will be of in¬
terest to you to have a history of its operation and progress
from its beginning.
Since starting we have met with no mishaps, preventing
us from at all times delivering a satisfactory light to our cus¬
tomers, saive on Arch St. between 13th & Juniper, where, owing
to the refusal of the city authorities to allow us to make street
repairs in winter, four of our customers are not receiving light.
X have in special communications brought this matter to your at¬
tention, and only refer to it to again earnestly solicit your
assistance in obtaining such legislation as will relieve us from
the burden of this condition.
The building of the station is completed as far as the
top of the 4th story being covered by a temporary vcooden roof.
Every part of this building save the roof is absolutely
fireproof, being wholly built of stono, brick, iron and slato in
the best substantial manner and of sufficient strength to permit
the additional four stories1 required to enable the station to be '
run to its full capacity of 120,000 lamps burning at once.
4*
6-th
7th
8th.
The four additional storios required are as follows :-
5th story. Smoko flues, ash railway, blast fans and pipe
Y/ater tanks.
4 batteries of boilers ef a total nominal
H.P . of 4000.
Coal bins for 1000 tons of coal.
Office for Yforks , bed rooms, storage floor
for street Yfork.
Tlio estimate of the cost of completing the present
station is as follov/s. —
For building 4 storios additional $100,000.
For 14 engines and 28 dynamos 210,000.
For boilers on 4th and 6th floors 90,000.
For additions to street conductors 500,000.
For Cash capital (?) 10£,£0C).
$1,000,000.
The completion of the station Trill enable us to vastly
increase our out put without increasing our running expenses save
for coal and lamps and to manufacture electric light at a cost
less than any illuminating gas is now manufactured.
The wisdom of the Board of Directors in making the sel¬
ling price of the wlcctric light 3/4 cent per lamp hour equiva¬
lent to $1.50 per K for gas has been fully confirmed by the
.unprecedented demand for our light as we have made far more ra¬
pid progress in obtaining customers than has ever been known in
any other city.
If these works can be completed and the price of the
electric light put at 5/8 cent per lamp hour equivalent to gas
at $1.25 per M we can get ten customers where we have one now
and the works loaded to their fullest capacity of about 240,000
lamps wired.
I would not suggest any change in price as matters
stand at present for our street conductors have but a capacity
of 50,000 lamps and our dynamos a capacity of 24,000 lamps
The present equipment of the works is as follows .
1st floor. Six engines of nominal 440 H.P. oach.
2nd 11 12 dynamos, nominal capacity 2000 lights oach
3rd " 2 Blast fans, 2 water tanks, 2 ash railway
2 smoko fluos, workshop , otc .
4th " Six boilers of' a total nominal capacity of
2000 H.P. and appurtenances.
There is now in process of erection a third battery
of boilers of a nominal 1000 H.P. capacity, contracted to be fin¬
ished in February.
The success of our venture in digging a well for water
for boilers is now assured, as it has saved $2000. water rental
from the city the first year. This well at no time under the
heaviest drafts made upon it has lowered its water ieviil more than
IS inches, and after a careful study of the analysis of the
water a proper compound was devised preventing injurious action’
cf the water upon the iron of the boilers, due to sewage matter ':-
contained, and to scale forming miner^s in solution.
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V/e have up to the present opened 65,514 feet of ditch ah',
placed therein 160,688 feet of 3 wire conductors (34-1-/3 miles)
See Map. To our mains we have connected 600 service conduct¬
ors supplying 567 light customers and 107 motor eustomers, or
674 cvistomers in all.
During the Winter months, we are prevented from making
house connections and therefore save for increase in our pres¬
ent consumers lights or motors wo are making small progress. 1
am assured by one of the firms now selling motors that they have
orders exceeding 200 H. p. to' be attached after March 1st, and
as we have at least a dozen different motor firms actively engag¬
ed in soliciting business. I do not overestimate in predict¬
ing an increase of 1000 H. P. in our motor businoss next Summer,
and Autumn. As we have reached the safe capacity of our pres¬
ent machinery there is no present reason to regret the stoppage-
of our progress in the streets .
. In order to meet the necessary repairs to street work
and to make service connections, it has been necessary to keep in
stock a small assortment of electrical conductors or various
sizes .
Wo have also to keep in stock lamps, meters and the va¬
ried appliances required by our twelve wiring forms.
The appended list will give you an inventory of least
amount we have found it possible to carry and which is now on
SUMMARY OR VALUATION 'OR 'STOCK, Jany 1st, 1S90.
Lamps , --------
Meters, --------
Sockets, -------
Receptacles, - - - - -
Switches, - -----
CUt-outs, -------
Bushings ,-------
Plugs, --------
Miscellaneous , - - - -
Amp Are Slips, - - - - -
Tubes "Mains", - - - -
"Reeders ", - - -
Service Joints, - - - -
Service End Boxes, - -
Brackets
Shades , --------
Lead-covered cable, - -
Junction Box, - - - - -
Short pieces, "Mains"
"Reeders
- $3687 .75
- 1490.85
. 1138.62
- - - - r- 132.40
--------- 354.55
* - 500.27
& - 23.10
- 155.29
- 44.40
- 181.91
- $797.46
- 73-9’4l 1516.87
- - 256.67
- 98.10
- 78.52
- 14.03
- 577.02
- ____ - - 216.00
$10466.35
- $802.11
No 1
- 174 . 69 2-976 .80
ValueJ _
$11443.15
The wiring firms recommended in our circulars are each
of them furnished with carefully elaborated rules and tables,
which our Inspectors are required to see exaotly carried out.
After
m &
our inspection of their work is completed,, the
current is turned on when the certificate of inspection by the In¬
surance companies is obtained and shown to us.
We sell to authorized wiring firms all electric light
appliances at 8 % above vrhat they are billed to us , By this
means we have greatly assisted the introduction of our light by
diminishing the first cost of wiring without loss to ourselves.
As we have enough firms at vrork to create a lively competition,
we have prevented monopoly and excessive charges for wiring on
their part. As each firm gets a commission of 15 cents a light
and $1.50 per H. P. for each motor the solicitation of these firm:
has boon active and their preference has been for our Station as
against the V/estinghouse and Brush Incandescent light Stations
'in this City.
By reason of the unvarying steadiness and brilliancy
of our light, wo have already obtained many of the former custom¬
ers of these above mentioned stations without any abatement from
our regular prices. - 'Whore ever complaints have come to us of
poor light, it has been found to be caused by insiifficiont wiring
in the building and not to be due to any other cause.
The advantage of having a large number of wiring
firms is shown in one ability to meet a sudden rush of demands
: for wiring and in freeing the Station work from the annoyance
of the numberless small corrections and alterations required in
the wiring, by the vagaries of our customers.
We have in our 20 odd wiring and motor firms a large
and actively interested body of solicitors and canvassers Y/hose
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interests are identical with ours and who have done and will do
us excellent service, leaving to us the obligation to furnish,
at a moderate price, a perfect light only in order to obtain a
business of practically unlimited scope in the near future, if
you desire to obtain it.
A careful system of keeping log of all the steam and
electrical work in the station has been inaugurated. At regular
■intervals of one quarter of an hour reports of the steam press¬
ures, engines in action, eloctrica.1 nrossures and quantities
are recorded on the log book and in ‘’'is way a continual and
clefcfc, chock is kept upon all the wm-v in the station. In ad¬
dition, each head of department makes to the supervising Engi¬
neer a written daily report between 6 and 7 P. M.
All of the water used in'. the boilers is passed through
a meter and thus a constant tost of tho evaporation value of the
coal used is obtained and a chock put upon the use of poor coal
or upon bad firing. I find the Xeo Coal (Buckwheat) has an
average evaporation of Qx/2 to 9 lbs. of water per pound of Coal
at about 130 lbs. pressure, which may be considered a good re¬
sult .
RECEIPTS OF COAL TO 1890.
February - 161975 lbs. used for drying out furnaces.
March - 547325 "
April - 531335 «
May
- 738520
883970 lb a .
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,Tuly - 043035 "
August, - 698355 •'
September 724475 «
October - 896850 "
November - 1237885 ”
December - 1673640 11
84-77365 « 37841/fe tons.
The Al’millEton * 3ims engines used are producing one j-
dicat ed horse power per hour for an average of from 2^/2 to 3
lbs. of coal. The pumps and fans used also make demands upon
the steam and do not use it so economically, The demand for
lights has so rapidly increased that it would have been impossi¬
ble to have kept up steam, without blast fans, and we would have
found it necessary to pump the City water, just as we do the
well water to our boilers on the 4th floor.
The engines with occasional snail break-downs have ful¬
ly met our expectations, and the dynamos although giving us much
trouble with the bearings have otherwise performed sat isfactrily
•"showing high efficiency while the groat weight of engine fly
wheels and dynamo armatures have so steadied their motion, as
to give a light entirely devoid of the slight flicker frequent¬
ly found in s nailer installations.
The motor firms engaged in selling motors pronounce
our current absolutely perfect for „
periec, for their purposes , and save where-
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poT/or is used constantly are more, . han pleased with our exceed¬
ingly moderate inoter bills.
' rJaa Engines througli the City when heavily worked, con¬
tinuously produce a horse power at about 5 cents per hour, or
33 V3 % less than our charge of / per K. P. Hour. They
require more room oiling and attention, and are more expensive
than electric motors under light and variable loads.
During the month of December, the average cost of one
horse power hour all and every expense connected with running •
tho works included, has boon slightly loss than 4I/2 cents.
With the works increased to full capacity we will
reach a minimum cost slightly loss than 23/4 cents per H. P.
hour. We arc now ablo to produce power at a cost loss than the
■gas engine and with completed works, can sell at a good profit
at 5 cents per H.p.hour and obtain many thousand horse powers.
Tho following is the amount of current used by cus-
f.iarch
April
May
June ,
July,
"Aug list
each month since station
29865 1 hrs .
205336 » »
- 298352 >' "
329890 " "
385168 11 ”
407060 « "
started, from consumers meters.
841/4 H. P. Hrs.
19222/3 " * «
37631/4 " 11 "
66901/4 " u "
78031/2 " “ «
V &
September
Oct ober
Nov eirb er
December
TOTALS ,
5G925C
1102088
1627682
1964066
6950163
1 Sir's .
752S1/?- H. P. Hr s .
715 0V2 " “
8689V2 % « »
108391/2 " ’> >'
54472 » " >'
The appended table shoves the number of lamps exchang¬
ed . We give new lamps for old ones returned with glass unbro¬
ken. It is our practice to change lamps returned with glass
unbroken without comment using those vdiich are blackened, but
have whole carbons in the works and for test lamps, etc.
We also exchange the lamps to suit the wishes of cus-
tumers as to candle power trying in every way to make them feel
satisfied.
Many of these customers are exceedingly changeable in
their views hut they generally settle down contented after a-
while .
We have sent bills for lamps furnished to the City
Authorities, although we are obliged by the terms of a bill giv¬
ing us a right to lay tubes for a few blocks on Arch and other
streets to furnish current free of charge to City offices and
schools. If possible, some limit should be placed to the uso
of our current by these people, as they are very lavish in its
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LAMPS EXCHANGED PROM MARCH 1889 TO JAM ' Y 1. 1890:—
TcoiledI 7 Total
16c }32c i24c 150c 18c Inight IlOOb ilSOc J20 1 Amt.
_ _ jLamp _1 _ . _ Ij3 H _
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
■ AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
83 1
283 2 1 .1
324 4
348 4
340 3
563 9
656 0
1195 10
2560 25
3685 15
_1 0,037 _82
1 1
4 1
2
12 7 1
20 1 2 1
19 2 9 1
2C 4 _6 _5
76 11 26 9
84
287
329
354
1 1 350
1 575
1 1 687
1 24. 1236
162 2625
__ _4 _ 8 3747
_4 _ 14 _15 10j_274
32c .p .lamps reduced to 16
164
24 » « " » 114 ,
50 " « » « 34
8 " " » » 13
100 ” 11 “ « 25
150 11 “ “ « 130
20 “ " ” « 20
Total in 16°/p lps 10538
Dividing the lamp hours sold 6950163 by 10538 lamps
replaced gives very cl&93*ly an average of 660 hours of lamp life
of 600
Although this lamp life exceeds the guarantee
hours, it is not a wholly satisfactory result on so steady a cm •
rent as has been furnished as their life should be greater. A
system of stamping the date on each lamp as it is given out has
been adopted and will enable us to identify bad lots of lamps,
the product of tire Edison Lamp Co. has of late been .very uneven
and caused much dissatisfaction among our customers, having iso¬
lated plants.
Since starting the Station, we have had applications
for light and power to the amount of
33748 sixteen C p lamps.
344 Horso power of Motors.
or reckoning each H. P. as equal to 15 - 16 c p lamps. 'lie have
applications amounting to
38,908 sixteen c. p. lamps. -
Of these we have attached to the Station conductors
23,579 sockets for lamps containing the equivalent of 24,463
sixteen candle power lamps , and also 107 motors aggregating 227
Horse powers. Reckoning 15 lamps (16 c. p . ) to the Horse power
those are equivalent to 3405 lamps - making the aggregate in
16 c. p. lamps 27,868.
The appended table will show the growth of the Station
lighting during the past 10 months and also show the number and
sizes of lamps originally introduced into sockets.
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LAMPS IN SOCKET TO JAN 1 Y 1, 1800.
1 coi -Led j
4o | 8o f 16o ! 20el 24o| S2c I 50o 1 100c 1 150c 1 Night ! TOT Al]
(! 1 i i 1 i, i ! i LAMPS I AMT..
_ ! _ i _ i i 1 1 i
CENTRAL STA¬
TION BLD’G
1
; i 2ai
1 -
1 1
21
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. 2 | 128 1 378 1
ENG I NEKR 1 S
OFFICE,
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1 t 64
1
7
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| 1 72 ^
1889
UNION LEAGUE
1
. i 873
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.
1
■ 1 1
1 1 881
FEBRUARY ,
lj 1 113
1
, .
1 113 1
MARCH,
i S.>, 2566
1
f 1 2571 j
APRIL,
j 5 1 2068 1
371 39
17
j 1 2166 '
MAY,
. if 935
3 j 2
2
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| 943 |
JUNE,
i
1 j 1022 1
7, 10l
1
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2 i 1043 1
JULY,
1 1
1 2 , 555 1
6
i 4| 9|
j j 576 1
AUGUST,
^ 1 i 1344 j
1 1 ^
1
j 1382 1
SEPTEMBER,
1 8 1 2804 '
1
j 105 ' #6 !
61
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1 1 f 2981 !
OCTOBER
Il62 1 2644
7 I
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■ 3049 1
NOVEMBER , 1
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3533
DECEMBER ; 11
134 i 3e47|
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12
■REDUCED TO
1 455 (22032J
II I
79 |
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17 1
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5 1133J 23,722
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■ 16 C.P. 3
{232 122032 |
99 I
504 11208 f
1171
1021
1501 161 24,463 ,
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14.
The subjoined brief Summary shows how wo have disposed
of the lamps bought .
S U M M A R Y.
■Lamps placed in sockets, ---------- 23,722
Lamps exchanged and broken, - - - - - - - - 10,274
Merchandise sold 6,530
Lamps in Stock Room ------------- 9,629
Claim in Lamp Co (allowed) --------- 1,190
Old lamps for station use, ------- 800
52, 145
Lamp Rec'd, -------------- - 51 , 870
Excess unaccounted for --------- - 275.
You have already an estimate showing $900,000 to be
required to complete the Station to its full capacity.
V/e have sufficient coppor in underground conductors
to parry 50,000 lights burning at once, and machinery for 24,000
lights. Should you deem it advisablo to double the present ca¬
pacity of machinery without increasing the street conductors, the
following is the estimate of cost.
4 stories to Building, -------- $100,000
6 Engines and 12 Dynamos, - - - - - 90,000
9 boilers and fittings, - - - - - - 60,000
Giving a lamp capacity of 48,000 lights, - - 250,000
Should you deem it proper to use the space in the
North-east corner of the 4th floor (now used for coal storage)
*. ft
for cm additional battery of boilers the estimate is- as- follows:
3 Boilers and fittings, ----- -§20,000
S Engines and 6 Dynamos , - - - - - 45,000
~f65,000
This will give a total lamp capacity of 36,000 and
render it necessary to store our coal elsewhere than in the
building.
As a summary we have as required.
For the completed Station and street work, - - - $900,000
Eor double the present lamp capacity (48000) - - -250,000
For an increase of one-half in one
present lamp capacity (36,000) -------- 65,000
Under the existing &nnditions as to patent protection
we cannot hope for a speculativa profit on electric lighting ma¬
terials as the competition is of the severest kind, but by giv¬
ing a uniform light and by concentrating great power into a sin¬
gle station and thereby economizing labor, we are enabled to make
a profit where lesser plants would. meet with a loss and as stated
before wo are now taking customers irom our rivals.
Finally X may be pardoned for again calling your at¬
tention to the fact that by far the most valuable possession we
have is our right to lay conducts in the streets of Philadelphia
and for urging you to take such steps as will preserve it to us
and enlarge our existing limits and privileges.
I am,
Very Respectfully and truly yours ,
Supervising Eng. & General Manager
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OONCERN1KC* Tlih COST 01? PRODUCING THE EDISON INCANDESCENT
light nm actual data obtained from tub books
OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, 01? PHILA¬
DELPHIA, JULY, AUGUST , SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER, ISfiO
The cost of producing incandcjscorvt light lias various
practical factors in it which cannot easily bo forenoon or estima-
ted i.n advance and therefore arc. boot derived from ti review of
the actual expanses fur tho fail* months above mentioned.
Tho interest on the original investment, (which is ua-
ctv:iecl to be covered by dividend and interest on stock und bonds)
can for tho present be negloctod.
The expenses then divide themselves into two c lasses — ■
FIRST! Constant charges irrespective of the number
of lamps burning, whether there be few or many. A contain number
of lump hours must bo sold in order to cover thaso constant run¬
ning expenses.
SECOND: Ah increasing oxportse, inereuaing olowly aa
tho number of lamp hours aold aurpuasea tho amount required to
moot constant charges.
Taking Up theee constant charges for four montlis, wo
liavo, Salaries — President , Supervising Engineer and General Manager
Counsel, Secretary and Treasurer, Solicitor and C’hiof Clerk, Com¬
posing—
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§4800.02 '
403.32
30.00
430.00
1282.00
912. 22
303.00
207.72
301.30
305.82
590.00
480.00
1791.30
400.00
ii&OO.OO
1200.00
2466.00
§17718.85
The price $4.11 per ton for oo'ul covers $1.00 pci' ton
paid for buckwheat coni at Philadelphia, hauling to Station,
elevating, wages, firns-tm and coal paucerc , cite, und hauling
may' ashes, besides wages ,-bwilor cloanora and water tenders and
compound for scale prevontivo.
It has boon found that 5 tons of coal per day is the
least with which the furnaces und machinery can bo kopt warm and
in action, hov/evor small the load may bo. The constant charge
on the works therofor, is $4429.66 por month, requiring at 3/4 of
a cent por lamp hour 500,628 lamp hours before a profit appears .
Executive Stuff,
Taxes ,
Insurance ,
Rents ,
Engine Room Pay Roll,.
Dynamo Room Pay Roll,
Motor Room Puy Roll,
Work Shop Supplies,
Oil and Waste,
Office Expenses, •
Uouso Wiring Inspection,
Store Keeping,
General Expenses,
Advertising,
•i-C/Wi. ^
Repairs to^Oonductoro and Sorvicos,
Repairs to Machinery,
600 Tons Goal at $4.11.
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If y/g accept the guarantee of 000 hours of life for each lamp
(whi eh, w ith the steady potential of our Station, iB being much
ex coaled), and tako the 'coat of lui^i at 37 */Z cents each, 1000
lamp hours coats us 62 ^-/Z cts . in lajrps worn out. Wo have thoro-
forc v/ith sufficient closeness
For all other fixed ohargoe per month, $4489.66
For coat of lamps 501,000 at 02 ^/& cts. per W, 360 . 37
Total monthly fixed chargor., $4709.03
or say in round numbers per month, $4000,00
This; in round nirnluro requires that this Company shall
soil 640,000 lamp hours per month to practically clear itself nt
3/4 of a cent por lainp hour. Or if wo assume a lamp to bo used
on an average of two hours' per day, requires 10,668 lanws to bo
connected up. This is as was if ret stated by mo to 'organizers of
Company, "10,000 lamps v/ill covor expenses . "
V.'o i:oi:ie, iioxt to the slovrcr incroasc of coat of produc¬
ing electric light after wo oxcaod sales of 040,000 la:,p hours por
month; this consists of lamps at 02 1/2 etc. por 1000 lairp
hours • ’
Fxtra subordinate employees and oil and vraato, but these
minor items will bo more than eountorbalanced by t.ho diminished
cout of handling coal find nro included in t.ho $4.11 por ton .
The costly men aro all hero and future additions to building and
machinery and working force should be covered from incroaoocl cap¬
ital from stock or bonds.
Remonboring that v;o havo from experiment found 150 tons
of coal asonth to bo a constant charge, we can roviow the past
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1’our months and infer tho prospects of tho Company in tho future.
A~ discounts oi’ 25 % to largo consumers largely reduced our
nominal price of 1 1/3 eta. per lanp hour, I have given the aggre¬
gate of bills written ami when the number of lamp hours does not
oxeood 640,000 - 591,000 lanp hours or $309.57 is included in tho
constant charge of $4800. as being near enough.
V/e taiio each HP. of motor as equal to 12 lamps and re¬
duce all lamps to standard IS C. limps .
mn,Y - lamps oonnocted 10,044
408,451 lump hours — bills written $4018.18
Constant charges $4800. 0Q
130 tons coal at $4.11 554.35 5354.85
loss $1336.07
.Cost of producing a lamp hour 115/L00 cent. v
AUGUST - la'nps connected 11,320
500,702 limp hours - bills -written ‘ $4227.78
Constant charges $4800.00
122 tons coal at $4.11 501.42 5301.42
boss $1073.64
CoGt of producing a lamp hour 1 59/l000 cent . •>■■■•
SEPTEMBER - lanp 8 connoctod 15,226
689,593 lanp hours — bills written $5808.89
Constant charges $4800.00
106 tons' coal at $4.11 682.23
50»00t) lanp hrs.at 621/2/ por > 31.25 5513.51
Profit $ 295.38
Cost of producing a lamp hour 8/i0 cent .
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OCTOBER - lamps connected 19,355
1,188,304 lamp hours at — bills written, §8517.13
Constant charges, $4800.00
843 tons coal at §4.11 098.73
548,000 lump lira, at
■Qii 1/2 / per H, 348.50 8141 .83
Profit, §2375.90
Coat of producing a lamp hour G17/L000 cent.
There is a profit on the ealo of lanps , isolated plants,
and wiring appliances which has oonvortod the apparent loas in
Winning the works into & profit ranging from §500. to §1500. in
th'o' months of July, August and September.
Looking now to the future prospects of this Edition Star
tion, based on reasoning from actual data and neglecting profits
from sal oa mentioned which will incroase slowly, wo may draw tho
following inferences :
ESTIMATE EOR DECEMBER AID) TIIEREAETBR
3,000,000 lanp hrs . at 3/4/ sold, $22,500.00
.Constant charges, $4800.00
GOO tons coal at §4.11 2446.00
2,360,000 latrp hrs. at
02 1/2 / per H, 1475.00 3721.00
Profit, $13,779.00
Coat of producing a lamp hour 201/l°00 cent.
Equivalent to gas at 58 2/L0 / per, M.
[ENCLOSURE]
IOTIStATB POR 120,000 LAMPS ,
burning 100 hours por month oaoh.
12,000,000 laity bourn at 3/^4 ff
Constant oha rgoa , §4300 . 00
2400 tone opal ut §4.11 0364.00
11,500,000 lamp lira, at QH1/^
eta. por M, 7100.00
21,704.00
§68,236.00
Profit,
Cost of producing 1 lamp hour 1F!1/l000 conti
Equivalent to gas at 36 2/iO por M,
To roach this greatest capacity of works vfill require
I-'or building 4 stories additional to Station, $100,000.00
For Electrical Street Conductors additional, 500,000.00
14 Engines and 28 Dynamos, 210,000.00
7500 HP. of Boilers (Wax. capacity) 00,000.00
§35,000,000.00
Thu average of lamp hours burned during July, August’
arid September is voi? low because of long summer days and becahso
i.ho number of lanps connect od was receiving daily additions during
the month and had not the opportunity to burn for v. whole month.
Iho average number of hours of burning por lamp will
increase from now on, and wo can bo more particular in the future
us to what oust osiers wo accept.
V/o hnvo at present a' floating indebtedness aggregating
in notes §171,000 — also in open acoounto enough more to reach
§200,000. It will be necessary to make provision far this soon
probably by bonding works to the full extent of §1,000,000,
[ENCLOSURE]
V/o lift vo orders for 27,000 lights at prosont , which is not
ono-tonth part of the obtainable lighting in our present district,
wi.ioh will bo largely supplemented by Power saloo.
Tiiat you may have a clear understanding of tho ponding
financial necessities and also clearly see the very groat profit
assured, 1 have made thin analysis of tho past working of tho
Station arid by inference shown you tho very groat profit in the
rioar future, provided wo supply a light, of uniformly good quulity
koop up the works and organization so as to be able to do this,
insist upon a strict inspection, so as to prevent tho possibility
of firos, and go forward with the work as v/o have begun it, com¬
pleting it in its entirety as originally proposed.
Very respectfully ,
Supervising Engineer & General -V.angt
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EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
44 WALL STREET.
Mw York . Jan, ... 29». ..1B90 ,.
Edison^Eleetrie Light Co.,
Prof.Wn.D.Uarks, General Manager,
908 Saneom St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:-
Yonr favor of the 21et inat., addressed to Mr..
'Edison , was by him referred to Mr.Villard. and by Mr.Villard re-
.ferred tome for answer.
It oeeura to. me as very irregular for the General Manages*
-of -the Philadelphia Station to open, correspondence with the Diree-
tprsof the General Company upon a matter whioh is already under
-negotiation with the President of the Company, and I have to-day
-notified him of this matter.
I may add that our Bepresentative at the stockholders’
•meet Ing.has fully advised us qf the action taken at that meeting..
Yours -truly.
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Phila . , Eeb. 19th, 1890.
TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD OE DIRECTORS,
of tha EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO., 03? PHILADELPHIA.
Gentlemen: -
At present we have 36,-812 sixteen C.p. lamps connected,
and 8,436 c.p. lamps applied for* but not connected.
V/e have 2S4 horse power of motors connected and 8l'''/24
horse power ordered, but not connected.
Making a total of orders 40,728 sixteen c.p. lamps.
Many of these lamps and motors applied fjir^canno't have services
put in until after March 1st . ^In,.sdme cases the buildings are
not yet ready for wiring but our greatest and most vexatious cause
of delay is the inexcusable delays and mistakes of w iring and
fixture firms, and the constant evasion of the wiring rules neces¬
sarily enfoi'ced to prevent fires. Although we have furnished
every wiring firm with these rules in the form of a pocket book.
I have found it necessary 'for the protection of customers to get
up a general form of specification for intending customer's use.
I shall send copies of this together with our advertise¬
ment to all architects in this city, and to all applicants for
light from our station, hoping thereby to raise the standard of
wiring, avoid vexatious and costly delays in getting customers on,
and prevent one most serious calamity a succession of fires and
general apprehensiveness on the part of the public as to the safe¬
ty of incandescent lighting, as
result .
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You will recall the appointment of a committee, to con¬
sider the assessment of this Co. by the Philadelphia Fire Under¬
writers Association for the support of an Electrical Inspection
Dept. You will also recall the fact that an agreement mutually
satisfactory was then reached. Since then I am advised by
F. W, Wilting that this agreement was rejected by Executive Com¬
mittee of the Underwriters, and the following proposition for one
year substituted: -
PHILADELPHIA FIRE UNDERY/RITERS ' ASSOCIATION.
136-138 South Fourth Street.
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PERMITS FOR THE USE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT.
Permits for the use of electric current will be granted
on the following conditions: —
That the Company furnishing the current,, or the individ¬
ual introducing lights, or wiring a building, shall sign the fol¬
lowing agreement:
Each arc lamp (omitting city street lamps) to contribute
80/ per annum, to be paid in quarterly amounts on the first day of
January, April, July and October; the number of lamps in use or •
supplied by current on those dates to be the basis of calculating
the amount of the contribution for the ensuing quarter.
Each incandescent lamp on the same basis to contribute
62/3/.
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Each motor, 80/ per horse power.
The sum thus received, to be used for the payment of sala¬
ries of the inspectors and other expenses of the Electrical Depart-
Cortifioates of inspection shall be sent to the subscrib¬
ers to thijii. agreement for each installation examined, supplied by
its current or apparatus.
It is further provided that if the sum received in ac-
••irdance with this agreement shall be in excess of the amount re¬
quired for the payment of said salaries and expenses, a rebate in
future payments shall be made to each subscriber in proportion to
their several subscriptions.
This agreement shall hold for one year from the first day
of . 189 .
Date
Unless the above conditions are accepted, no certificate
or permit shall be granted for the introduction of electric cur-
This is a direct raid on our Treasury, but 1 have agreed
to recommend it to this Board subject to the following conditions.
PROVIDED, the expenses for this year shall not
exceed $5,800 without further agreement.
That the Underwriters books shall be open to inspection
by representatives of the Edison or other Companies.
That all certificates of inspection of wiring for the
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Edison Co. shall be given to them.
1 P1,0P°se making our authorized wiring firms pay us for
their certii ieatea as we do no wiring ourselves.
Our proportion of the cost of this Underwriters inspec¬
tion Department will not exceed .$2,000 per year, which I hope to
recoup from our wiring firms.
The time limit is one year and it is important not to
have our work interfered with until we have reached our ful.1' com¬
plement 01 lights, after which wo can take a more determined stand
if we deem it wise .
I would suggest that your Supervising Eng'r. and Gen ' 1 ,
Mang'r. without entering into the formal agreement, as" they offer
it, be authorized to write a letter acceding with the exceptions
above stated to their proposition for one year from Jan. 1st, 1890,
which will, I believe, prove satisfactory to the Underwriters.
It is important that some general and strict supervision
be exercised over all forms of Electric lighting in this City, as
the reflex influence of bad and dangerous work by other Companies
will prove injurious to our interests.
m response to the inquiry of your Committee asking the
probable income and expenses of this Station with the equivalent
of 40,000 sixteen c.p. lamps connected, I would make the following
estimate
Jan. 1st, 1890 we had the equivalent of about 28,000
sixteen c.p.lanps connected.
.Daring Decomber we generated at the Works and passed
through consumers meters,
1,964,966 lamp hours
10,839 1/2 horse power hours.
We collected from paying consumers, from the books of
the Company $16551.57
With the equivalent of 40,000 lamps connected we should
expect for a similar period about 43^ additional income or
December is our best month for lighting, but we hope for
far more rapid progress in selling motive power during the ensuing
spring and summer .
We should not with increasing number of lamps and motors,
fall below our present income during the summer and can expect an
increase next autumn and winter.
Assuming that this Company does not contemplate increas¬
ing its street mains or feeders, the cost of services and meters
during the ensuing season will approximately be as follows:
Service work $15,000
Meter work 10 , 000 $25,000
This additional investment will be required by the in¬
crease of .ramps and motors.
As an estimate for Dec. 1890 I would submit the following
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Est. of Bills written
Constant charges $4800
858 tons coal at $411 3526.38
2810000 lamp hours
Less 640000 " "
2170000 at 621/2 cts per M ,11556.25
Profit
9,682.63
12,556.11
This estimate is under the assumption 'that no additions
be made to the machinery or boilers save that now in progress.
Y/e have had much trouble Y/ith our boilers ovring to im¬
perfect iron in the castings, but the Abendroth & Root Mfg. Co.,
promise to make them good at their ovm expense.
Very respectfully & truly yours
Sup. Eng'r. & Genl. Mang'r.
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Phi ladle lph i a . Mar . 19 "/90
To the President and the Board of Directors .
of the Edison Electric Light Co. of Phil a.
Gentlemen: -
Since March 1st your Supervising Engineer and Goner al
Manager has made a careful analysis of the books of this Company
for the President and the Chairman of the Committee on Accts, cov¬
ering January and February, 1390.
In brief the results are as follows
Running Expenses $17,324.63
Additions to Plant 14,292.14
Discounts and Interest 2,022.21
Income from Light and Power,
Excess of Expenditure over Income, -
PROFITS
$33,638.93
28,796.06
4848.92
Income from Light and Power
Running Expenses,
Profit on Station
Estimated profit on Mdse sales
Total profit two months
$28,796,06
17,324.63
11,471.43
1,493.03
$12,964.46
In addition to going oyer the Ledger Accts. such bills
reached this office by Mar. 10th are included in this analy-
From this total profit must be subtracted Commissions
2
o?i Lamps anil Motor's for 2 months presented March lath net yet ad¬
justed but claiming
Crosby §40 . 75
Maxwell _ 237.05 §282.80
The detailed report made to the President and the Chairman of
the Committee on Accounts on March 11th, 1890 covering finances
to that date, and submitted the following suggestions.
Your Supervising Engineer and General Manager would
respectfully recommend the following changes for the approval of
the Hoard of Directors.
(1) Trial Balance of tho preceding month to bo struck 5
days before tho Mooting of the Board of Directors.
(2) That the Supervising Engineer and General Manager be
permitted to go over the accounts of each month in detail.
(3) That all the vouchers for each month be folded, endorsed
and filed in a separate package, and that so far as possible
these vouchers be separated under their respective Ledger Accounts.
It would appear from the above that this Station has each
month realized a profit of §6482.23, and has spent for running
expenses and additions to plant §2421.46 more than its gross income
Your Engineer until further instructed has deemed it necessary
to reduce the force on construction allowing the work of service
and meter introduction to lag, bringing the expenses within the
income of this Company.
SERVICER AMD METERS.
March 1st found us with 50 new applications for services ana
meters.-- of those 23 have now been introduced. 533 remain to be
introduced. On Thursday March 20th the Service gangs will be
reduced to two of 3 men each and the work will progress only as
fast as they can do it. It was necessary at first to at once-
supply the U. S, Mint and certain other urgent cases.
Your Engineer and General Manager would respectfully submit'
the following regulations ■ regarding services for your considera¬
tion and approval.
(1) Ho applications for free service connection for light
or power are to be received without a guarantee of §3.00 per month
•or §00. for first year, as a least payment.
(2) Consumers willing to pay in advance the cost of service
'connection and moter, must guarantee at least §2.50 per month for
the first year and accept a rebate of like amount on light and pow-
■' er leaving the sei-vice and meter the property of this Comp any •■until
their cost is covered.
(3) No permits for services shall be taken out until the
house wiring is actually in progress or completed.
(4) No services to be put in unless parties asking them
agree to use the light or power for one year.
(5) Especially difficult or costly services may have rates
increased by General Manager.
Should these regulations meet with your approval they will
be printed on the back of application blank, so that there can be
no misunderstandings with our consumers who will be requested tp
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siRn these rules, together with the application for °prvice.
Your Engineer in the future hopes to reduce veiy -iv.cl- the cost
of making service connection by means of a special 3 wire lead
covered cable manufactured by Tatham Bros, from his designs.
The prices for meters from Bergmann & Co. cannot be changed
as they are a patented monopoly..
With the nocossary relinquishment of vigorous work on services
the need of active solicitation vanishes and it appears proper,
to reduce the commissions offered for lamps and motors.
Your Engineer and General Manager respectfully requests that
in the matter of commissions for light and power obtained, all
claims be subjected to his closest scrutiny before being paid,
and that commissions on lamps bo reduced to G2/3 cents per lump
of any size whatever and for power commissions bo withdrawn al¬
together as we now have some 13 motor firms at work trying to
sell their motors. Should other Electric Companies offer to pay
the 80 cents per horse power exacted for inspection by the Phila.
Board of Eire Underwriters, it will bc nocossary for us to meet
this offer on their part, but 1 would respectfully request that
this matter be left open for this purpose only, and that we en¬
deavor by circulars to show the general public the great economy
of electric motors.
In the matter of procuring lights, a years run was completed
on the 5th of this month without a single real complaint of the ,
quality of the light, and this will prove our best advertisement.
We now have some twelve authorized wiring firms soliciting business
and do not need to urge them by large commissions.
A number oc
' SPECIAL RATE2>Y.
Clubs burning lamps many hours per night have
complained of their bills as exceeding the cost of gas, and do not
acknowledge the fact that they have received double the illumina¬
tion at a small per cent age (say 10 or 15#) above gas bills.
Other clubs and large consumers under the lead of the Colonnade ■
Hotel and the Manufacturers' Club are talking about installing
isolated plants because our competitors in electric- light ing loudly
claim the same light and greater economy from isolated plants.
Should you doom it advisable rather than to lose them to make a
special rate, I would say that during the months of January and
February the cost per lamp hour covering every expense save in¬
terest was 03.89 per thousand lamp hours, or 389/1000 of a cent
per lamp hour.
It is quite impossible that an isolated plant should reach-
this economy for any length of time under a proper management and
valuation of coal,' lamps, labor, repairs and deterioration however
positively this may bo asserted by agents, unless coal and labor-
which might otherwise have gone to waste can be utilized to run
them.
Electric light at 389/1000 cent per lamp hour is equivalent
to gas 77 8/l° cents per M. at the consumers burner.
Your Engineer and General Manager is striving by reduction of
his work ing force to the narrowest possible limit and by proposing
to burn culm to still further increase the economy of the produc¬
tion of the light and power, but the constant charges upon this
Station amounting probably to $4800. per month, will militate very
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strongly against his efforts, during the light loads of the svm-
mer months.
COAL
You are aware that during the past year we have been burning
No. 1 Buckwheat from the Lee mines at $1.90 per long ton on siding
in Philada.
This contract terminates April 1st, 1890. We have found
this coal to be excellent in quality.
During the past week I have obtained the following bids.
(1) Prom W.H. Ingham, representing the Penna. R. R. coals.
Susquehanna No. 1 Buckwheat $1.80 per ton in Phila.
“ "2 “ 1 . 65 • “ “ " »
Culm 1.50 "■!*-»»
(2) Prom J.P.Auch, Prt . Agt. P. & R. R.R.Co.,
Culm on 'track in Phila. $1.35 per ton, our present coal aver¬
ages 20# ash and may be said to cost us $2. 37^/2 per ton of carbon.
Assuming culm to average 40# ash, which is hardly probable we
would have to pay §2.25 per ton of carbon, I regard this as a
high estimate of cost, we cannot get lesser freight rates on Culm
or control its quality as closely as we do with better grades of
coal.
Wm. G. Bryant has been hauling our coal to the Station for
45 cents per ton. The Black Diamond Coal Co. offers to haul
culm at 43 cts. per ton.
Your Engineer and Manager respectfully requests that he be-
authorized to make a contract for culm at §1.35 per ton and hauling
at 43 cts. per ton with tho alternative of using Buckwheat coal
from Reading collieries at prices not exceeding those quoted by
V/.K. Ingham, provided he finds it. to be uneconomical or for any
reason impracticable to use Culm.
IRON SMOKE STACKS.
The proprietor of the Continental Hotel has made repeat? 1
complaints of the gases from our Smoke Stacks. Our only economi¬
cal method of avoiding trouble from this source is to place tem¬
porary sheet iron smoke stacks 30 ft. high upon the present brick
stacks. This will cost $1000. in round figures. Your Engineer
and Manager believes Mr. J. E. Kingsley ' s complaint to be well found¬
ed and requests permission to place these stacks upon the building
BILLS FOR LIRHT AMD POWER.
• Your Engineer and Manager would submit the following rules
for collection of bills to be printed on them. Customers not
paying bills within 5 days of presentation will be notified in
writ ing.
•Current will be cut off from customers without notice if ■
bills are not paid within 10 days of presentation.
' LAMPS AMD MOTORS.
March loth our record was as follows.
Lamps. 27706 Sixteen Candle Power connected
Motors 283V2 H.P. "
Equivalent to
31964 sixteen c.p. lamps connected
Lamps applied for 6913| sixteen c.p. lamps not connected
Motors " ” 102^/8 H.P. not connected.
LAMP S
During the months of Jan. and Eeb. the' lamps used fell 2900
short of averaging 600 hours life each. I am pleased to report
that the Edison Lamp Co. has replaced these free of chaise to us
and has done- so without malting qny difficulty.
During Jan. the lamp hours from mete:
Deb.
2148765
1855515
5984280
giving an average of 67530 lamp hours per day. Dividing this by
27000 the average of these months wo have an average burning of
each lamp of 2x/2 hours per day. A careful analysis of tho value
of each customer to us has been in progress Since Jan. 1st and -will
show us which are profitable and enable us to act more intelligent¬
ly in selecting' future customers.
SUB- STATION IN TOST PIIILADA.
Messrs. Elmer E. Baldwin and Kendall Stockley of 3821 Lan¬
caster Avenue have called a meeting at their address on March 21st
8 P.M. for the purpose of organizing an Electric Light Co. prefer¬
ring so I am advised, to use the Edison System for the incandes¬
cent part of their work but being willing only to buy the machinery
without paying any part of their stock for patents and alleging
that they can buy incandescent systems of other companies if
the Edison Co. does not sell to them. It is proper that you
should be advised of this and decide whether you arc or are not
willing to sell to them for -ash.
I am
Very
Sup . Engr . and Genl.Mgr.
[ENCLOSURE]
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No. 909 Sansanf ' St. /
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. NDeor Sir:- 'He Pro . looking - for power, to ,
run our, elevator . and we have been recommended to
Use' an Electric motor. 'He would require ? horse
power. Gap' you do anything for its? There is a ,
big fieud in this neighborhood for this motive
power . An early reply would oblige. ■
Yours truly.
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A&W, May loth, 1890,
We have jst taken a store o.- Front St., between Market and
Chestnut and would like a 4 H. P, for elevator* Was about contracting
for a gas enp.ine , when we happened to speak to Mr. Hainan, Pres, of
the P^d^ce' Exchange, and next door to us, and he sald he was just
about setting in a 7 H. P. gas engine. We conferred together and' after
giving him the information I had with regard. to you furnishing power
for motors, a»4 we concluded to say to you that we both, and we
• think many others ri<ht in that block and on Water and 2nd Sts.
would be extremely glad to have the use of the Edison Line both for
prevail on you oo at. once run a line down to us in some way, being
assured of this much and more business. Can't you cone over the
present poles or over the houses? Vfe certainly think/ you can get
there somehow. An immediate reply is earnestly requested, and if the
is and reasonable chance of iranediate or near by action, we will wait.
If we have it from you definitely that there is no reasonable
near hy chance, we will both go ahead and put in the gas engines. '
Very truly yours,
[ENCLOSURE]
The necessary safety-plugs, melting before a wire becomes overheated, are inserted
at all branches and starting points, and the proper sizes of all wires are carefully calcu¬
lated by us, so that, if the Edison system is carried out, the safety is greater than with
any other form of lighting known. ' '
These statements do not apply to the methods of wiring frequently used by iji expe¬
rienced or careless companies, finns or workmen;
There is not the absolute safety that is found in the Edison system in aity .other
system of lighting where circuits of greater difference of pressure are used.
This Company wilt furnish Specifications for Wiring free of charge to all
intending consumers, who will save themselves trouble and delay by making use of them.
MOTORS.
A small motor, at a trifling cost, will run a sewing machine. A slightly larger one .
will serve for a fan in summer. Elevators cau be run with five to ten horse-power motors
with vastly greater convenience than the present small steam-engine and boiler and at
a less cost. Shops of any size, under fifty liorse-power, can, readily .
and cheaply be run by electric motors.
As this Company does uot express any preference for any particular make of motor,
it will furuisli oil power by meter, cliargitig 7# cents per horse power hour.
Irist of motors and Agents.
Sprague— EQUITABLE CONSTRUCTION CO., 418 Walnut Street.
Eddy— WALTER C. McINTIRE & CO., 506 Commerce Street.
Thomson-Houston — HARRY G. CLAY, Jr., 12
Ferret— H. A. CLEVERLY, 1018 Chestnut Street.
QUaker City— QUAKER CITY ELECTRIC CO., 4
Detroit— WALKER & KEPLER, 108 South Fourth
Rhodes— RHODES MPG. CO., 918 Vine St.
Edgerton— H. A. EDGERTON, 805 St
Belding— WM. T. . ~~
Potter & Morg
LaRoche — LA ROCHE, 11^
Billberg— T. H. DALLETT & C-
Jenney— CHAS. B. CROSBY, 90;
Crocker & ‘Wheeler— 322 Se>
Agents for Edison Isolated Plants, within the limits of Philadelphia,
WALKER & KEPLER, 108 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia.
[ENCLOSURE]
42,500 Sixteen-Candle Lamps applied lor •
or connected. We believe a SATISFIED CUSTOMER to be onr
BEST ADVERTISEMENT and we refer you to ANY CONSUMER of
our Light, or Power.
E EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO., OF PHILADELPHIA.
B. K. JAMISON, Vice* Pi, kit.
PAY BILLS AT 827 CHESTNUT STREET, 2d Floor.
Manager, at CENTRAL STATION, o
IF YOU WANT CHEAP POWER, USE A MOTOR.
THE EDISON CURRENT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DANGER TO LIFE.
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Philadelphia, April 16th, 1S90.
To the Pres.aont, and the
Board of Directors of the
Raison Electric Light Company of Pliila.
Gentlemen:
Since reporting to .you on March 19th, your engineer and
manager has been mailing an earnest effort, by reducing the
force to the smallest possible number, by stopping all additiaffit^-flb'
plant save for the boilers required, and for a limited number of ' f’. ,r
services under guarantees approved by you, and by obtaining more
favorable rates for coal, to reduce the expenditures of every kind
to the narrowest possible limits. The result of these efforts
will not appear clearly until the end of April, because the greater
portion of March had elapsed before they could be carried out.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is now selling to us Susqiiehan-
na Btickwheat at §1,87 per ton and Culm at $1,77 per ton delivered
at 908 Sansom Street.
Your engineer is having grate bars especially adapted to
culm burning made to be used under our new boilers. These boil¬
ers should certainly be finished by the end of April and in good
working order.
Your engineer has had much trouble owing to vexations and
unnecessary delays on the part of Abenroth & Root, but hopes to see
the end of their work and of the steam piping before May.
Mr.. Abenroth has personally pledged himself to see this
work done at his own expense and in a satisfactory manner to your
engineer, putting every part in good condition.
The lamps and motors connected April 1st amount to -%'•
33477 sixteen c.p. lamps.
[ENCLOSURE]
Lamps and motors ordered amount to 3372 sixteen c.’o.
lamps.
Total 41849 sixteen c.p. lamps.
Included in the-se are 303 ll/l2 Ti» P. of motors connected
and 100 2l/24 H. P. of motors ordered.
An earnest effort is now being made to urge the introduc¬
tion of motors, and we have at present eighteen firms solicd^ing^ ''
business for our station and themselves.
Your engineer and manager has caused a careful analysis
of all consumers attached before January 1st, 1800 to be made,
which proves that most of our consumers calling for a large number
of lights give a very small return per lamp.
This is particularly the case with large office buildings
which close at six o'clock, P. M., and consequently in summer use
very little current .
Prom the records of use of lamps by subscribers prior to
January 1st, 1890, taking a total of 17181 lamps, I have classi¬
fied as follows: —
Class 0 - Consumers whose return per lamp is less than 1 ct per day
In this class there are 4773 lamps
Class 1 - Consumers whose return per lamp is above 1 and under 2
cts. per day. In this class there are 5428 lamps
Class 2 - Return per lamp over 2 and under 3 cts. per day
In this class there are 3790 lamps
Class 3 - Return per lamp over 3 and under 4 cts
In this class there are 1952 lamps
Class 4 - Return per lamp over 4 and under 5 cts
In this class there are 403 lamps
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Class 5 - Return per lamp over § e t s ,
In -ohis class there are 235 lamps.
.In Class 0, we find among those having largo number of lamps, tho
following:
City Trust. Co.
, Western Saving Fund
Philadelphia Saving Fund
Bullitt Building
In class 1 —
Union league
Philadelphia Club
Saginaw Club
Chestnut St. Bank
Trymby, Hunt & Co.
E. Borie
J> 1.. Ketterlinus
Class 2 -
Rit tollhouse Club
Hotel Bellevue
Super, Marshall & Co.
Cornelius & Rowland
Gii B. Woodman & Co.
Phila. Item
University Club
C. G.. A. Loder
Continental Hotel
and many smaller 8th, 9th and
Dr. J. M. Da Costa
The. c kar a Mf g. Co.
Merchant Si Co.
Arch St. , 2. Church
Kelsey Baths
Dollards
Simons Bros. & Co.
J. W. Queen & Co.
.■loot of Insurance Companies
&
Many stores which close
6 to 3 R, M,
A. J, Cassatt
J.. Sichel, Stli Street
Partridge & Richardson
Yeatts S: Troth
Walnut Street Theatre
Sunday School Times
Geo., B* Evans
J« E» Ditson & Co.
11th Street stores.
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Class 3~-
Art Club
Sr. m^er T'rvin
Partridge's Restaurant
Flii lads. Traction Station
^Philadelphia Inquirer
Class 4—
4,
Sam'l Cohon, Sth Street
?ohornncker Piano Co,
Irving House
U. S, Express Co.
and midnight saloons and 'res¬
taurant s .
City Club and 1 a.m. Cigar Stores and Restaurants.
Class 5 —
Bingham House Washington ..Hotel
Rowlands Baths and several all night restaurants.
This will assist you in forming correct ideas as to var
ious classes cf lighting, The average income from all the
lamps in the district during January and February 1390, was 2 cts
per day very nearly.
The lamps exchanged during March amounted to S.168^ v
A
A claim on the Lamp Company has been made for 2594 lamps, leaving
2374 lamps, as properly chargeable to lamp-expenses, assuming 600
hours to be the life of lamps.
Your engineer and manager from a careful review of the
maximum out put of January with 28000 16 c.p. lamps attached, is
of the opinion that it will not be safe to attach more than the
equivalent of 45,000 sixteen c.p. lamps to our present equipment
in machinery, and is further of the opinion that the remaining
3151 sixteen c.p. lamps required to load the station to the safe
limit will come to us without special effort on oru- part before
next autumn.
[ENCLOSURE]
5*
A careful review of the expenditure c and income daring
March, shows the following figures.
RUTINIHG EXPENSES.
Advertising
Commissions
Salaries
Rent
General Expense
Workshop supplies and expense
Dynamo Room
Engine Doom
Doiler Room
Repairs to Steam Machinery
Coal, 702 31/100 tons
Street Repairs and maintenance
Lamps exchanged 2874 at 37 l/2 cts.lSl077.75
?rom Ledger 30 1 . 57
Wiring Inspection
Meter expense
Oil & Waste
St. amps
$ 9 ..05 ;
2.40 ,
1410.34
112.50
192.09
369.73
247.68
■ 363.54
509.02
213 .38
2190.39
646 .47
1439.12
334.24
194.25
17.10
$3532.52
Discount and Interest
$1124.20
[ENCLOSURE]
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT .
Office furniture (Safe)
Central Station Building
Mach. Blast
Services
Steam piping
Y/orkshop Equipment
Electrical conductors (Mint)
Electrical Apparatus
Installation Lamps (first)
Meters
$400 .
; S4.23
& Steam Separators 1234.23
1952*43
1233 . 94
.75
611*87
110.95
487.12
775.41
$6391.03
$394.67
in stock at Bryants yard 286 33/100 tons coal, valued at
when burnt.
Our gross receipts for light and power are
Less running expenses
Profit on Station, mo: Ma> ch
Estimated profit on Mdse.
Total profits
Our expenditures have been as follows:
Running expenses
Construction Account (principally boilers)
Discount and interest
le3s gross income
Excess of expenditures over income
$12,353.18
8,S3iftS2.
$ .4, 020*66
746.51
4,767,17
$8332,52
6891.03
1124.20
$16347.75
13099.69
$3248 ,06
34 new services were added during March, and 44 remain
to be put in in April.
Your engineer and manager expects to effect considerable
reductions in the cost of services, steam piping, electrical con¬
ductors, meters and coal, during April.
Very respectful iv and truly yours,
Supervising Eng. and Gen. Mgr.
[ENCLOSURE]
Philadelphia, April 16th, 1890,
Mr,. Lrf D. Brown, Prest.
Edison Electric Light Co. of Philadelphia,
Dear Sir: ,
In reply to your verbal inquiry as to the probable earn¬
ing power of 45,000 sixteen candle lamps attached during January
1891, I would say, that during January 1890 we had attached 28,000
sixteen c.p. lights (or their equivalent) and that our receipts
we re as follows:
Prom light and power (28000) $ 15030.02
Profit on Mdse. TOjcffSl
Gross income $15782^53
Assuming a proportional increase in earnings of station
we have for 45,000 lights
Prom light and power (45,000) $24165.00
Profit on Mdse. 746 >51
Gross income $24911.51
At 3/4 cts. per lamp hour this would mean 3222000 lamp
hours .
The running expenses are estimated as follows:--
Constant charges per mo. $5000.00
941 tons coal at $3.63 3415.83
2582000 lamp hours at 67 l/Z per M. 1742.85
Total expenses $10158.68
$14752*83.
Leaving a profit of
[ENCLOSURE]
Philadelphia, May 21st, 1890.
To the President and the Board of Directors
of the Edison Electric. Light Co. of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen:
Your engineer and manager reports after making deduction
of all doubtful applications for lamps and motors as follows: _
Lamps connected - 31325'
Motors . 11 334 5 Aft H. P.
Equivalent in 16 candle lamps - - - - -37091
Lamps applied for - 3112
Motors . " " ~ - - 107 3/4 H. P.
Equivalent in 16 candle lamps - 4729
Balance required to complete capacity of
present machinery - : - - 3180
45000
Prom a careful analysis of our district it would appear
as though our lightning and motive power is distributed with a re¬
markable evenness conducive to easy v/orking of the' station.
We have May 16th, 690 light meters and 146 motor meters
distributed among 725 customers.
The subjoined list will enable you to obtain a correct
idea of the locality of our consumers.
■'.fey 10 th 1890 o
Recapitulation of tho distribution. of- business of the
Edison Electric Light' Go. of Philadelphia by greets.
-.Total Equiv* Subscribers
:lent in 16 :
. -••C.P .Lamps _
Walnut St. 3829 l/2
Sanaom " 722 l/2
Oil e stmt" 7683 >
Market
Arch
Vine
Filbert
J uniper
3rd
4th
5th
Gt'h
7th
8th
9th
10 th
Uth
i2th
13 t'h
Broad
15th
17 th
" 247S
" 265
0 375 l/2
11 1204
" 308 1/2
11 2105 1/2
" 330 1/2
" 304
" 363
" 1519 1/2
" 1179
11 262 1/2
" 694 1/2
" 12C l/li
538 l/2
11 2360
" 1231 l/2
5 l/s
17 2/3
45 1/2
25 1/2
11 1/4
10 3/4
3 5/8
6 3/4
11 1/2 ;
25 1/2
29 1/2
3 l/2
2 1/2
18th "
25
19th
313
20th »
166
21st "
41 1/2
1/8
22nd "
8
Hunter "
32
7 l/2
J ayne "
21
2
library "
219
Locust
25
So . PeraSq ,
St
1/4
S. Ritter.*"
S3
Cherry Sn.
23
5 ‘
Conmerce
35
Drury "
5
Minor "
Total Rl
167
1 /o "i
10 1/2
3906 1/2
987 1/2
8365 1/2
36 96
3003 '
26 5
758
1204
477 1/2
2166 1/2
391 '
405
535 1/2
1902
1681 1/2
292 1/2
747 '
164
413 1/2
2450
1231 1/2
69
144 1/2
324 1/2
1 Supplied fr .Mkt .St*
1 " " 8th «
" Mkt. '
* 13th *
11 6 th «
Your engineer and manager used all possible speed after
obtaining instructions from the Board to prepare drawings and let
contract for sheet iron extension of chimneys.
These chimneys will be erected by June 12th under a pen¬
alty of $50. per day for each day exceeding that date; costing
$1395.
The Historical Societv of Penna. desire to have a main
laid on 13th from Walnut to Locust Street. This will cost upwards
of $1000. and the joint return from Historical Society and College
of Physicians probably will not, exceed $250.00 per annum. They
will obtain the necessary legislation.
Your engineer particularly requests your authority to lay
a main along Fifteenth Street from Chestnut to Market, costing
$1000, to give an additional supply of current to the Penna.- Rail¬
road. This Company is now supplied by a single main from Arch
Street and should not be subjected to the risk of poor light or of
having its light cut off by an accident to the Arch Street line of
conductors.
It is now paying us upwards of $500. dollars per month,
and will soon, if satisfied, pay us about $1000 per month.
A careful review of the expenditures and income during
the. month of April shows the following figures, omitting merchan¬
dise and isolated plants from which v/e have quick returns.
RUNHIHG EXPENSES
Rent - $187.50
Salaries - 1410 .-34
Insurance - 144.00
Advertising - 115.00
Office Exp. - 190.29
Comnissions - 138.42
Coal - 2225.52
Oil . 68.60
Work shop exp. - 211.77
Lamps - 1079.61
General Exp. - 398.92
Dyn. Room - 362.18
Eng. Room - 408.50
Boiler Room - 5.05
House Yfiring - 308.6 7
Meter Expense - 363.11
Repairs to steam M. - 184.30
" to steam piping - 241.38
" Station - 66.82
" Elect. Apparatus - 61.21
" Streets - — 1390.08
9561.27
Less Elec. Condrs. - 952,90
$8608.37
<
In the item of lamps the books show §372. 15 charged and
so I have estimated from the lamp hours a cost of §1079.61. The
Electrical Conductors, §952.90, deducted are spare tubes required
but not yet used in case of accidents to street service.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTS
Central Station Building - § 69.96
11 " Machinery - 67.13
Elect. Apparatus - 367.67
Services - 2821.11
Steam piping - 725.10
Work shop equipment - 2.08
Installation lamps - 694.80
4747.85
Less Service Cable - -1938.03
§2809.82
The service cable subtracted is now -in stock
tion for future use as needed.
our sta-
RESUME
Our gross receipts for light and power are - $12756v'19
less running expenses - - - - 8608.57
Profit on Station month of April - 4147 .,82
Estimated profit on mdse. - - - 746 .<51
Total profits - - - ■__$ 4894^33
6 ,i
°’-U’ S1’0SS reoelPt8 are - - - - 413502.70
Running Expenses - . — — . $86 08.37 '
Construction account _ _ _ 2809,82
Int.. & Disct . (estimated) . . — looo.on 12418.,19
Excess of income over expenditures - - - $ 1084,, 51
It will be noted that in order to give a correct state¬
ment your manager has been obliged to estimate certain quantities
because one month is too short k period in which to obtain a fair
average .
The actual cash balances will appear from your treasur¬
ers Report .
33 new services were added during April and we have a
steady demand for light sufficient to keep our small service gang
busy .
Your engineer and manager is of the opinion that the re¬
maining 3180 sixteen candle lamps in lamps and motors will be ap¬
plied for within the next two months without effort on our part,
when we must stop making any further service connections, presuma¬
bly about August 1st.
To connect more to present machinery would risk putting
the lights out over the whole district.
Prom past experience it is certain that it will be impos¬
sible to obtain engines, boilers and dynamos in less than four or
five months from the date of your decision to enlarge our capacity
and X would therefore request your definite decision at this meet¬
ing whether wo shall stop at 45000 lights or increase to 67500
lights at an expense of $75000, as it will be impossible to con>.
plete- machinery before Oct. 1st should you now decide to increase
the capacity of the works for next winter. I am,
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Supervising Eng. Z-. Gen.. Mngr .•
Philadelphia, June 12th, 1890,.
To the President and
The Board of Directors of the
Edison Electric light Co. of Fhila.
Gentlemen:
Your Engineer and Manager reports lamps and motors as
31882 sixteen c.p.
442 njzg^u. P.
•38519 sixteen c.p.
2878 sixteen c.p.
85 H. p.
4123 sixteen c.p.
Applied for or connected 42642 sixteen c.p.
Balance required to com¬
plete capacity . 2358 sixteen c.p.
At present rate of applications we will be obliged to refuse fur¬
ther applications for light and power after August 1st, next.
CHIMNEYS
The Chimneys authorized by your Board at its last meeting were com¬
pleted the first of June and will serve for two years or until the
Station can be completed.
follows up to June 9th: _
lamps connected
Motors ”
Total "
lamps applied for
Motors " »
Total
Ordinances to extend our system of mains from Chestnut to Market
on Fifteenth St. and from Walnut to Locust on Thirteenth St. and
also from Broad to' Thirteenth on Locust St. have been introduced
into Councils and have been referred to sub-committees; they will,-
come up on the 13th current.
STORAGE BATTERY DYNAMOS
The subjoined letter from Walker and Kepler will explain itself.
They desire to sell dynamos for storage battery purposes not to be
used for street railway propulsion and specially request a communi¬
cation with and decision by The Executive Conmittee of The Edison
Electric Light Co. of New York, with which Company our contract
was made.
Philadelphia May 31st, 1890,
Edison Electric Light Company,
Prof. Marks,
Supervising Eng'r. & Gen'l. Mg'r.
Philadelphia. Pa.
Dear Sir:
Several weeks ago we asked you to qtiote us prices on 220
and 250 Volt dynamos, which were to be used to charge storage bat¬
teries. Up to this date we have received no quotations for such
dynamos. We understand, that the delay in quoting prices is with
the Machine Works in refusing to quote you prices, for reasons un¬
known to us, but which we think is because they have decided that
the right to sell such dynamos does not belong to the Phila.
Company. We have carefully examined our contract, which we have
with your Company, the main points of which are the same as those
covered in the contract which you have with the Edison Electric
Light Co. of New York, and, as we interpret it, we understand we
have the right to sell such dynamos.
We should be very glad to have your executive Conmittee •
bring this matter before the Executive Conmittee of the Edison El¬
ectric Light Co. of New York and have the matter decided, as we
are loBing the sale of machinery because we do not receive quota¬
tions. We tiuist that you will be able to push this matter to some
kind of a decision.
Yours respectfully,
Walker & Kepler.
A R’O LAMP S
3 W
Your Engineer and Manager has been making experiments with
arc lamps adap ted to incandescent circuits and finds that we can
sell arc lights at a good profit at 9 cents per hour each.,
There is at present a large demand for such arc lights
to burn for a few hours, which being on a perfectly safe circuit
can be turned out at will, without danger to life of person hand¬
ling them.
Nothing has as yet been done looking to their introduc¬
tion as your Engineer and -Manager desires the approval of the Board
before trenching upon the. field of established arc lighting compan-
INCOME AND EXPENSES
Running Expenses:
Salaries
Advertising
Office Exp.
Commissions
Coal
Oil
Work Shop Exp.
Lamps (Est . )
Genl* Exp.
Dyn. Room
Engine Room
Boiler Room
Wiring Insp .
Meter Exp.
Repairs to Steam M.
Repairs to steam pipe
Repairs to Station
streets
$1410.34
25 .,00
227.90
210.77
2299.65
98.44
211.65
■ 1144.71
431.95
333.45
434 . 92
20.11
210.40
343.68
286.16
111.91
9.33
348 -75
$8159.10
Repairs to
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTS
Central Station Building
$ 121. .32
Central Station Machinery
2008.08
Electrical Apparatus
21.49
Services from boohs $607.25
Lead cable used 447.30
1054.55
Meters
111.72
Steam Piping
1283.41
Workshop Eq ,
1.85
Installation Lamps
454.25
$5057.17
The Machinery Account is increased by $1935 for
Blast Pan and
Pump for boilers.
The Steam Piping by new water tanks
for boilers.
R E S U
M E
Gross Receipts for light and power
$13217 .30
Less Running Expenses
8159.10
Profit on Station for May
5058.20
Estimated profit on mdse .
74G .51
Total profit
$5804.71
Our gross receipts are
Running Expenses '
Construction Account
Interest (Estimated)
$8159.10
5057.17
1000.00
$13963.81
14216 .27
Excess of expenditures over income
$ 252.46
V <4
5 s
SERVIO-rr
In order to Keep running expenses ma Oonstruetion-within
o«r income od thereby aroid increasing 0or floating indebtedness
tl» men employed in putting; in eervic.s lave been reduced so ae to
put in on. service per day only sal this is -cosine .’good deal or
grumbling by our applicants whs have to wait t.o or three weeks be,
for. getting power or light. this is mentioned only to assure
you that the delay is not due to inefficiency of men or careless
management . .
»e have added very closely 1200 light, during the month
of Bay and it will be noted that our net profit has increased each
month since March.
Your Engineer and Manager may be pardoned for again re¬
minding you of the impossibility of getting machinery and boilers
in time for the autumn increase, should you desire to avail your¬
selves of it, unless he is instructed to proceed v/ith the worh at
once.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Supervising Engineer and Gen. Mangr*
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Philadelphia, July 8th, 1890*'
lo the President and the Board of Directors,
Edison Electric Light Co. of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen:
Your Engineer and Manager reports lamps and motors to
82548 sixteen c.p.
48S 7/24 H.P.
39873 sixteen c.p.
Lamps applied for 1130 sixteen C.P.
Motor's 11 " 0 9 l/fi H . p .
Total ‘ _ 2178. sixteen C.P*
July 8th as follows:
lamps connected
Motors ■
Balance to complete capacity 2955
45000
Of xhis 2955 about 1000 will probably be absorbed by the Bingham
House, Central Theatre and Academy of Music, which have not as yet
made formal application. We have at present 917 meters placed
and during the past month have introduced 27 new services.
Our extreme limit of present, ittfchinery (45000 sixteen c.p
lamps) will surely be absorbed by August 1st.
ORDINANCES
Ordinances authorizing the laying of the conductors of
this Company on Fifteenth Street, Market to Chestnut-Locust Street
Broad to 13th and Thirteenth Street, Walnut to Locust, were signed
. 2*
by the Mayor July 2nd. An amendment in each ordinance providing
that these streets should be paved with Belgian blocks at the ex¬
pense of this company (introduced without consulting any person
interested in ordinances) will render it impossible to lay on Lo¬
cust or 13tli Streets, now paved with cobblestone, but as 15th
Street is already paved with Belgian Block, it will be possible
to reach the Penna. R, R. without greater expense than was at first
estimated.
I may be pardoned for again calling your attention to
storage battery dynamos, and to arc lamps, to which I referred in
my last report.
INCOME AHP EXPENSES ,
Salaries §1410,34
Taxes 122-.61
Royalty 'Penn. Co. 599.97
Office Expense 210.82
Commissions 42.25
Coal, 742 tons, 2459,16
Oil and waste 100.62
Y/ork shop expenses 146.38
Lamps, est. 1049.73
Genl. Expense 363.37
Dyn; Room 337 . 88
Engine Room 467-72
Boiler Room 42.85
House Wiring Insp. 191.99
Meter Expenses 439.75
Repairs to Steam M. 325.93
Repairs to steam pipe 20.84
Repairs, to station 59.55
■ Repairs to streets 321. S7
§8713.63
It ii. proper to say that during the month of July we have
received bill for taxes §1472.30 and Bill for Royalty. Penn Co.
§3599.82, for six months royalty on lamps and that the taxes hn3i
insurance for ono month are given above.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTS
Central Station Building
$1540*82
Central Station Machinery
635.6 9
Electrical Apparatus
10.10
Services from books
$ 533.37
Services cable used
439.52
1022.89
Meters
344.73
Steam Piping
571.89
Installation Lamps
309.93
$4436 -*05
The Central Station Building has had added to it 2 chimneys at a
cost of §1395., The steam piping has diminished in cost and the
Steam machinery also.
RESUME FOR MONTH OF JUKE.
Gross receipts for light and power $13929.09
Less running expenses 8713-.,65
Profit from light and power $5215*40
Estimated profit on mdse. 746 .51
Total profit $5961.97
Gross Receipts 14675.60
Running Expenses $8713.63
Construction Acct. 4436.05
Interest (est.) 1000.00 14149 .6 S
$ 525.92
Excess of inci
over expenditures
4.
the constantly depleting charges for ront, interest, tax¬
es, royalty and saJaries are all averages, and therefore do not
correspond with the books which vili give a fair average only at
the end of a year and with' the taking of an inventory. Mdse, and
isolated plants as a cash' business do not appear in this report.
Your engineer and General Manager has verbally promised
to reserve for a few weeks B:‘ ..gr im House ' 300 lights
Academy -of Music 68 “
Central Theatre • liO "
1008 "
leaving an available residue of about 1947 lights only, and he
therefore requests your Approval of a refusal to reoeivc further
applications after this 1947 is absorbed , until such time as the
Company shall deem it wise to increase its machinery^
Supervising Engineer & Genii Manager.
The Edison Eleefct»ie Liight Company of Philad’a
CAPITAL, $1,000,000. CAPACITY, 10,000 H. P.
Philadelphia, August 20th, 1890.
To the President and Baard of Directors,
Edison Electric Light Company of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen:
Your Engineer and Manager reports
August 1st as follows: —
Lamps connected
Motors " 507 5/l2 H. P.
Total
lamps and motors to
32819 sixteens
761.1 "
40430 11
Lamps applied for
Motors n " 100 H. P
Total
Total in sixteen c.p. lamps
Excess over present capacity of Station
Vfe have also made temporary arrangements to light' 1400
lamps for -the Girard Trust Co. for two months, but our temporary
arrangements seem to always result in the most permanent things we
have, so it is probable that we will continue te carry them for an
indefinite period.
You will note from the excess of capacity demanded on
August 1st how grave the situation of affairs is at present and
that it will be necessary in any event at least to temporarily stop
the addition of lights this Autumn, as four months from the date
oi your instruction is the minimum of time in which to obtain, put
in position and test new machinery.
46539
45000
1539
4610 sixteens
1500 ><
6110 ■ "
To stop the addition of lights proves to he an undertak¬
ing frqught with many difficulties. Present consumers insist up¬
on their right to add, and new consumers become unreasonable and
abusive upon being only conditionally accepted.
The Brush Incandescent light Station, 123 South 11th
Street has recently notified this Company to take their, remaining
consumers as they are going to close up. The Electrical Trust has
by verbal message advised your Engineer that they consider the re¬
placing of arc lights by groups of incandescent lights as trenching
upo.. their field and your Engineer begs leave to assure you that he
has not solicited this action on the part of their consumers, but
that this action has been wholly of their own motion and without
his countojiance .
Had we more machinery yeur engineer believes it would be
entirely possible to clear out the present Y/estinghouse Station, 7th
& Sansom Streets, during the ensuing winter, simply by continuing
"° a perlect light, as many of their consumers have already
come to us.
Regarding the now Light and Power Station near 13th &
Market Streets: they have no legal right to string wires over the
streets or to replace abandoned telegraph and telephone wires by
light wire 3.
What they have done has been brought to the knowledge of
City Officials who so far have been unable to discover their wires.
As this Company is taking contracts giving unlimited light
for 15^ less than Edison MOter bills and is also making contracts
for power without limitations as to quantity, and has not as yet
paid for its machinery, it is probable that it cannot last long;
for the more they get in this way the werse off they will be, and
they are sure to be cut off the moment the officials of this city
properly enforce its ordinances.
ORDINANCES .
Your Engineer and Manager has made application to open
15th Street from Chestnut to Market and has relinquished opening
Do. ust Street until such time as repaving with Belgian block is
omitted as a condition of laying conductors.
The absence of a majority of the Board of Highway Super¬
visors upon summer vacations has prevented the necessary formal
action preliminary to opening 15th Street, but everything is in read¬
iness as soon as they return to push the work through.
SERVICES.
Thirteen new services were introduced during the month of
July and a large amount of alterations were effected upon street
mains upon the orders of the city officials engaged in repaving
streets and relaying gas mains. Your Engineer and Manager has kept
a record of these alterations and desires authority to. place bills
for the same in the hands of our counsel for collection from the
city if deemed advisable.
%
4>i
IMOOME & EXPENSES
Salaries (Est.)
Taxes 11
Royalty Penn Co.’'
Office Expense
Commissions
Coal
Oil & Waste
Work Shop Expenses
Lamps (Est . )
Gen’l Expense
Dynamo Room
Engine Room
Boiler Room
House Wiring Insp.
Meter Expenses
Repairs to Steam Mach.
Repairs to Steam Pipe
Repairs to Station
Repairs to street work
Repairs to Elect. App.
$1410'. 34
122.61
599.97
114.88
22.85
2440.19
407.81
175.17
959.11
371.05
361.22
500.61
141.84
180.48
384.38
242.30
23.70
34.83
335.05
32. 04
$8860.43
Sufficient oil has been purchased to last several
months ,
COHSTRUCTIOM AO 0 0! HIT S
Central Station Building.
Central Station Machin.
Elect, Apparatus
.nlect. Conductors (By order Board)
Services— from books
Cable used •
Meters
Steam Piping
Installation lamps 847 @ 37 2/2/
$ 184.13
95. £9
24.92
2669.33
$ 497.02
- 224.29 721.31
161.43
1870 . 86
317.62
6045.19
Gross Receipts for light and power
Ijbss Running Expenses
Profit on Light and Power
Est. profit on Mdse.
Total Profit
§12496.00
8860.43
3635.57
746.51
4382.08
Running Expenses
Construction Accounts
Interest (Est.)
Gross Receipts
Excess of expenditures over income
§15905.62
13242.51
2663.11
The increase of Const. Acct. is by order of the Board for
Elect, conductors.
The reduction of income is due to the summer solstice and
amounts to §433.09 less than the preceeding month.
LAW-SUIT .
A suit for damages to the extent of §5000 has been begun
by Anna Benjamin of the Irving House. It is the opinion of the
counsel John G. Johnson that an injunction cannot be 'asked of the
Court and it would seem probable that after a little delay an ami¬
cable adjustment can be- reached, as the noises complained of were
due to outside contractors engaged in construction work, and not
necessary to the operation of the works.
CONTRACTS FOR POWER.
Your Engineer and Manager herewith submits a form of con¬
tract for large powers bringing an income of about $10oo. each per
year and should it not meet with your disapproval Yfill endeavor to
occupy the field now held by gas motors of 10 horse power and up¬
wards by reducing the price of power provided he has the machinery
to carry it.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Supervising Eng'r & Genl. Mangr.
Philadelphia, Oct. 15th, 1890.
To the President and The Board of Directors
Edison Electric Light Co. of Philad'a.
Gentlemen: -
Your Engineer & Manager reports lamps and Motors. to
Oct. 13th. as follows:
Lamps connected - - - - - - - -36245 sixteens
Motors u 596 13/24 H.P. - 8948 "
Total connected equals - -- -- -- - 45193 !'
Lamps applied for - - 3760 sixteens
Motors “ " 117 7/24 H.P. - 1760 "
Total applied for equals ------- 5520 11
Applied for and connected 50713 sixteens, with 45193 sixteens
connected our present equipment is taxed to the uttermost, at times
of maximum load- and it was necessary to issue a carefully worded
letter to Wiring & Motor firms deferring further attachment of
lights and motors until Pec. 1st. next. Your Engineer is sparing
no effort to get the needed machinery in before that time, personal¬
ly urging and pushing the work day and night .
LETTER TO WIRING & MOTOR FIRMS
Owing to delay in obtaining machinery which is now being put
in with all possible speed, we shall be unable to give current to
new customers until Nov. 30th, next. We are now engaged in put¬
ting in sufficient new machinery to enable us to carry 22500 addi¬
tional lights which 170 hope to have in running order on or before
Nov. 30th.
This Company will continue to receive orders for light and
power and will introduce services and meters as usual, but will not
be able to turn on the current until new machinery is running.
Kindly, therefore, advise prospective consumers that their or¬
ders are received subject to this delay. They should have their
wiring complete in every detail by Nov. 30th or before if possible.
Yours truly,
W . D. Marks ,
Supr .Engr .& Gon'l Manager.
Tho small percentage of lamps in dwelling housos, which aro
lit at one time, and the infrequent uso of lamps in Churches ren¬
ders this class of custom loss profitable than officos or business
houses and factories, and your Engineer & Manager requests tho
following resolution to avoid oxcossive outlay of capital .in lamps:
RESOLVED : That tho Engineer & Manager bo directed to sell at
current prices tho first installation of lamps furnished to dwell¬
ing houses and churches, and to other buildings of similar character.
AS AN EXAMPLE : Mr. A. J. Cassatt to whom we have furnished
400 lamps has paid us about §800, Or §2.00 per lamp this year.
The resolution will enable your Manager to demand payment for lamps
from all consumers not likely to be profitable.
MERCHANDISE & DAMPS & ISOLATED PLANTS
It would appear from the books, that during the month of Sep¬
tember we havo sold as follows:
Isolated plants - 8458.86
Merchandise & lamps 4064.57
— . — 12523.43.
Merchandise which means the details of wiring is bought at 60#
discount and sold at 46# discount, realizing a profit on cost of 35#.
Lamps are bought at 37 l/2 and sold at 60 #, realizing a prof¬
it on cost of 86 l/2 #.
The isolated plants are sold to Messrs. Walker & Kepler at
net profit of 8#. This is a similar arrangement to the one now
in effect in Boston.
It seems necessary to do this as the Westinghouso— Thompson
Houston— United States and other Electric Manufacturing Companies,
bid very close on small plants, and it is better to get this profit
than no profit at all — While as at present wo are without patent
protection. We havo no reason to be dissatisfied with our local
agents, who are men of enterprise and untiring energy.
NEW MACHINERY
Of the new machinery authorized 4 dynamos have arrived and the
engines are now in a forward state of construction and partly on
the road.
Tho boilers for the 4th. battery are now being erected.
Your Engineer fortunately secured dynamos which were built for
the Boston Co. and could be shipped at once.
ORDINANCES
Permission to open 15th Street from Chestnut to Market was
granted by the Board of Highway Supervisors and the work is now
nearly complete, which will enable us to furnish a larger supply
to the Broad St. Station of the Penna. R. R.
It is to be regretted that a delay in obtaining the signa¬
tures of the Union League to our petition to open streets for re¬
pairs and services during the winter months has deferred its presen¬
tation to Councils before this, but it will be presented by November
1st .
SERVICES AND STREET WORK.
During the month of September 32 new services were introduced.
An itemized statement of the cost of labor in repairing tubing cut
by written order of the City's officials, on Sixteenth St., amount¬
ing to §610.30 has been placed in the hands of our Counsel. The re¬
cent action of Judge Hare in the case of the 15th and 13th St.
Street Car Co. might lead us to believe that we can recover this
_ ■ _
unt from the City.
EXPENSES.
Salaries (estimated) 1410.34
Rent " 112.50
Taxes 11 122.61
Royalty, 599.97'
Advertising, 8.00
Office Expense, 187.80
Commissions, 113.97
Coal, 914 tons, 400 lbs. (1325.54) 3233.04
Oil & Waste, 427.78
Work shop expenses, 191.45
Lamps, estimates, 1296.37
General expense,. 355.90
Dynamo room, 318.24
Engine room, 496.11
Boiler room, 16.41
House v/iring inspection, 192.51
Meter expenses, 356.34
Repairs to steam reach. 418.41
Repairs to steam pipe, 111.65
Repairs to Star, ion, 503.54
Repairs to street work, 748.39
Repairs to elec. Apparatus, .80
— lT2TJ27i3 ~
Repairs to Street Work is increased as explained by the action
of the City.
_ CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT .
Central Station Machinery 184.80
Bpilers, 3000.
Electrical Apparatus, 424.28
Electrical Conductors, 119.68
Services, labor etc., 587.59
cable 714.14 1301.73
Meters 206.79
Steam piping, 891.81
'Work Shop Equipment, 86.10
Installation lamps , . 630.03 •
~ 'S'8'3972'2' ~
Loss cost of New Work. 1966.15
1873707
RESUME KIR MONTH OP SEPTEMBER
Gross receipts for Light & Power $15019.41
Less Running Expenses - -- -- _____________ H222.13
Profit on Light & Power 3797.28
Est .Profit on Mdse. 746.51
Total profit --------------- $ 4543.79
Running Expenses - - - - - - - - -$11222.13.
Construction Accts. 4873.07.
Interest (Est.) 1000.00
- $17095.20
Gross income . . . _____ 15765.92
Excess of Expenditure over income ------------ 1329.28.
If we allow that the $3000 spent for boilers by order of the
Board, and $610.30 for repairs to street work are properly not
chargeable to Construction and Expense Accts., We have:
Gross income $15765.92.
Gross Expenditures ---- ______ 13484.90.
Excess of Income over Expenditures -----$ 2681.02.
The cost of new services and of first installation of lamps for
new consumers is as follows:
Services 1301.73.
Installation lamps ---------- 630.03.
- $ 1931.76.
Although in each case the amount is not large, the aggregate
at the end of a month is a good deal. Could we add these to what is
paid for we would have excess of income over expenditures $ 4612-. 78.
As this Company now lias very closely 1000 consumers, your Engi¬
neer & Manager request s your approval of the increase to 35# profit
on Mdse. Of a more frequent and possibly uniform demand for payment
for first installation of lamps and of payment to be slowly returned
by deduction from bills for all services. This action may diminish
the number of applications for light but will also reduce the expen¬
ditures on plant.
STREET RAIb-ROADS
The Spruce & Pine St. Railway Co. and the Peoples Railway Co.
are about to ask the privilege of using Electricity for motive
power and Messrs. Brooks & Murphy, Presidents, have been communi¬
cated with and asked to investigate our facilities for furnishing
power before erecting their own station. Your Engineer finds that
the Edison Co. of Boston has effected a very profitable arrangement
to furnish power to the Street Railways, obtaining an income of
§50000. per year from them for the use of 4 Engines, the Railroads
furnishing their own dynamos and conductors.
OVERHEAD WIRES
The use of overhead wires by competing companies has been
called to the attention of the Director of Public Safety by our
Counsel and we await his decision in the matter.
Very respectfully & truly yours,
Supervising Eng. & Gen. MangV .
Philadelphia, Uovembor 1| 1S90.
To -the President and The Board of Directors,
Edison Electric Light, Co. of Philadelphia.
Gentlemen:
Your Engineer and Manager reports lamps and motors to
Hov. 17th. as follows:
lamps connected
36408 Sixteens
Motors "
Total M
S535/l2 K.F.
9876 *
46284
lamps applied for
5711 Sixteens
Mot ors " *
Total " «
78V24 II. P.
1174 "
6885 "
Total of applied for & Connected
53169 Sixteens
Ultimate capacity of 12
and 18 dynamos
Available for extension
boilers, 9 engines
67500 »
14331
This will probably carry us until next March, before be¬
ing absorbed.
Your resolution to charge in all cases for services and
in many cases for first installation of lamps, will probably some¬
what diminish the number of applications, but the disagreeable odors,
of gas and the large number of suffocations from it of recent date",
are forcing users of light to come to us. We will also get the"
considers from the Deft Light and PowSr Co. as unless they obtain the
services of a better Engineer very soon it will be impossible to get
people to use their light.
HEW II A C H 1 ii E R Y |
The boilers of Battery i^l are now in regular use giving j
us 9 boilers available. Battery #4 will be completed before Dec. !
1st. and available for use within a week or 10 days thereafter.
Six new dynamos and two new engines are here and one engine and one j
pair of dynamos will be running by Dec. 1st. enabling us to take i
care of the pressing needs of some of our consumers for December
1st • and all of our machinery will be at T/crk before Christmas week.
ORDINANCES
The ordinance and petition of some 700 of our consumers to
permit of street repairs and house connections in winter, was intro¬
duced at the last meeting of Select Council by Kir . Jas. A. Freeman
and referred to the joint committee of Highways and Electricity.
Acting under the advice of an experienced lobbyist; a lith¬
ographed copy of this petition was sent to each member of the Select
and Conmon Councils to avoid having it overlooked in the Committee.
Your engineer and manager will through its friends have it
pushed as rapidly as he can without creating si general impression of
our imperative need for it.
LAMPS
The recent action of the Edison Gen'l Electric Co. in re¬
ducing the price of lamps to 44, 42 and 40/, the least price being
for quantities of 500 and over, while selling to us at 32/ reduces
our profit on lamps to 25/ of the buying price. An endeavor to in¬
crease the volume of our lamp business has been made by advertising
prominently in such newspapers as were owing to us 25/ of their bills
for advertising.
Since this reduction in price, we have sold some large
lots and it may prove that in the end we have not been the loBers by
this reduction of price.
With the approval of your President, an energetic protest
has been entered against an attempt made by the Edison Gen’l Elec¬
tric Co. to sell lamps and other materials to Phila. ’wiring firms
directly from Hew York. No response has as yet been made to this
iommunicat f
SJERVIOIJS JDJ5TREKT WORIO
During the month of October 21 new services were introduced
A large #350 main was laid from Chestnut to Market on Fifteenth St.
thus giving us access to the Penna. R. R. Depot from two directions.
The oost of street work was largely increased by thi3 work
and by the requirement of the City to repave from curb to car track.
You are aware that we have been obliged by this City's of¬
ficials to draw cables into the worthless Penn Conduit on Chestnut
Street from 3rd to 9th Street Y/o cannot give satisfaction there
until we can got permission to use the regular Edison tube. The re¬
pairs are costing us a great deal.
We have not as yet felt the reduction in oost of service
work which will result from the resolution of the Board at its last
meet ing .
EXPENSES
Salaries (estimated} $1410.34
Rent " 112.50
Taxes " 122.61
Royalty Penn Co. 599.97
Office expense 223.80
Commissions 3.00
Coal 3676.04
Oil and Y/aste 204.94
Workshop expense 181.09
lamps exchanged (estimate) 4875 1560.00
General expense
Dynamo Room
Engine Room
Boiler Room
House '.'firing Inspection
Meter Expenses and Materials
Repairs to steam machinery
Repairs expanding, straightening
and testing tubes for Battery #1
Repairs to steam piping
Repairs to Station Building
Repairs to street work
Repairs to Electrical App.
509.71
403.46
538.41
10.52
258.45
469. SG
264.52
642.73
80.07
03.40
751.65
10 . 08
an ordin-
$642.73 of this expense will not again appear as
ary expense, as your engineer seized the opportunity to thoroughly
overhaul Battery #1, doing much at once that would otherwise have
been deferred in regular work.
COHST RUCTION ACCOUNT
Central Station Building $ 8.55
Central Station Machinery ' 2014.24
Electrical Apparatus 417.91
Electrical Conductors 1063.96
Services, labor, etc. $644.28
Cable 314.15 958.43
Meters 482.02
Steam Piping 902. G9
Workshop Equipment 18.47
Installation lamps (est) 424 . 00
$6290.27
less cost of new work 2780.86
$3509.41
About $3000 out of this $3500 has been spent on services,
meters, lamp and electric main on 15th Street.
Your engineer and manager desires to call your attention
to the diminution and disappearance of the conmission account.
Many of the estimated items do not appear on the books at
all this month. The royalty paid to Penn El. Co. is a severe tax
which will increase.
The profit on lamps for October was $1113.32 and on 9
isolated plants about. §600.
In the final settlement of accounts with the Abendroth &
Root Mfg. Co. your support is requested in making them bear their
just share of the cost of repairing their iiiiperfect mechanical '
work on Battery #1. Apart from specific bills made jut against
them, their work has by its mechanical imperfections and delays e
ded largely to the expense of making steam.
ad-
RESUME_POR_MOOTH_OP .OCTOBER
Gross receipts for light and power $20681. 72
Less running expenses 12117.15
Profit on light and power-
8564.57
Est . profit on Mdse.
1713.32
Total profit
$10277.89
Running Expenses
$12117.15
Construction accounts
3509.41
Interest (estimated)
1000.00
16626.56
Gross income
22395.04
Excess of income over expenditures $ 5768.48
ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS VALUES
With this report is handed you as complete an analysis as
possible of the records of our consumers.
Prom it I should infer that hereafter this station can
count on a gross income of 240000 per year.
Expenses 140000 » «
Profit $100000 " "
and upwards. We will earn $25000 in November and more in Decem¬
ber. We have not secured ono-tenth part of the possible lighting
m our district. The present need is capital to complete plant and
extend it. Our present office lease soon expires and the ground
upon which it is built is subject to easements. Can we not obtain
the properties bounded by Sansom and Ninth Streets and alley in the
rear for future extensions?
Very respectfully and truly yours
Supr. Engineer & Genl. Manager.
The Edison Electric Llicjht Company
OF PHILADELPHIA,
USE THE EDISON 3-WIRE SYSTEM;
IT IS THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST.
BY WHOM THE WIRING SHOULD BE DONE.
"■> No guesswork; is safe'. All finns undertaking to wire buildings should
' for glvcifnm ll"' cn^a^j-0^ *n'c'Mjz'ntl5’ computing tlic sizes of wire required
Over to the purchaser it should he inspected and approved by unauthorized
uispcctor of this Company i but this Company wilt not assume any responsi-
Mtty for defects whteh may develop or tor variations -from their Pubes, the
r£?rinrii\‘tyfi^d'JeCtS or loss remaining wholly with the firm doing the N .
• INSPECTION.
Should the wiring, mi. inspection, appear to be defective, this Coinpimy
will so report to the wircuien and to the person or persons for whom the
. wiring is done, and will not turn on the current uutif it receives a written
acknowledgement of such notice and a release from nil responsibility for
. accidents or defective lighting, ’If the defects are not immediately remedied.
-,,'v , REPORT.
All firms doing wiring for this Company will make detailed written ‘
reports on blanks furnished on-application at this office for each house and'. 1
this report will be verified by the inspector in detail before current is turned on. l \
•.v 'J,\ ' appliances;' ■ i.
1 - 'Samples 'of ali the appliance* required for electric lighting, insulators,
porcelain cut-outs and safety-plugs, switches of various capacities lamp -
, sockets, brackets, electroliera, etc., will be kept on exhibition at the’ office ' .
909 Sausoin Street, and orders will have .immediate attention. •• This Coup
SOlC ”gCUt f°7U °f .U,C Edison patents ivithin.the
' \I c 1 " ^ CUT-OUTS *A^ _ \^V
■ safety-plug znefuand breaks °be°current miVprerenta' dverileatbg’of'Siris ' ' -
when overloaded or short-circuited. No cut-out should be a single pole. %
V.. SWITCHES. - \ :\ . v\
Switches should be placed in dry, accessible places, group them if pos¬
sible, and mark circuits . which they control. “ See that nil contact surfaces
are bright and'clenn, and set firmly agatrilt each oilier.- Switches of various >
ampere capacity are directly procurable from us. x ' V x
ie whole fixture f»™« «1»*»
vc extra good ins
ig joint
[.different .
No araffme insuTafim'^l^ sharp^edges^or burrs. Special
usecP^ Flexible cord must* not be used6 oityfixtuSs unlessv
polarity are untwisted and separated by atfleast one quarter
. TESTING*. , '
■. Individual circuits of cvciy building wired will be tested for grounds
and crosses with a magneto generator, capable of ringing through 20,000
ohms, before the current is put on. After thorough inspection by the Corn-
Insurance turaou^ie^iireut “ prc9cutat‘ou of CertiGcate of
The Edison Electric Light. Company Is pleased to
announce &(>,000 Lamps ordered and connected; and
to inform their customers that it now has an ample
supply of power for all additional demands.
®di§or? ©leetpie ©o.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, December 10th, 1890.
Dear Sir: —
On October 15th the Board of Directors
of this Corripany directed that all services from
street to houses should be paid for at cost, as
also the first installation of larrips at current
prices. These larnps thereafter to be rnaintained
and renewed free of charge, as usual. In the case
of new consumers we have no difficulty in ad¬
vising thern of this change in our rules. We find
however, that a large number of our old custo¬
mers who had free service and lamps are adding
new lamps and we feel bound to advise them of
this change in the regulations before charging
them for additional installations of new lamps
In all disputed cases the Board of Directors
has vested the right of final decision in the Super¬
vising Engineer and General Manager.
Respectfujly.
////vw/7/ vV V _ - - ,
’■c&tt^sjL' jttc, (Z£*<z-c*
/ft&c tfeetr- J>/e%L^r/9t
SC? . t^-^L
(%f diT'/f'#/? <€Ut&£s
cmsf 0ZCS. ^
[ENCLOSURE]
Dear Sir.-,
The balance of your account due us is $
And we have made up a statement of the position of the several
securities for our customers transactions with us, and if you
will call we will show you from it, where the securitiesV}!Sld
for the transactions on your aocount are
Yours Truly
The Edison Electric Iiight Company of Philad’a
CAPACITY, 10,000 HORSE POWER.
IF YOU WANT CHEAP POWER, USE A MOTOR."
THE EDISON CURRENT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DANGER TO LIFE.
infract.
This Contract, made this . . day 0f
A. D. Eighteen hundred and ninety t . ..ji between
and the EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY , of Philadelphia , Ulitnesseth,
That the said .
desiring to introduce in the premises , No . . Street.
an Electric Motor of. . ho, se power,
and believing that the use of same , during each four weeks , will not fall below 1000 ( One
thousand) horse power hours, nor exceed 1500 ( Fifteen hundred) horse-power hours; agree
to have a meter placed in connection with the motor as a check; and further agree to pay for
the use of current, within the above limit for one year from the date hereof, the sum of
$91l-7°\ (.nine hundred and seventy-seven and seventy one hundredths Dollars) payable every
four weeks in sums of $75.00 (Seventy-five dollars .)
In the event of the said . .
using the current, in any four weeks, to an extent exceeding i5oo (Fifteen hundred) horse¬
power hours as shown by meter, shall be charged 5 cents (Five cents) per horse-power hour
for use of current.
On the contrary, should the use of current by said .
. in any four weeks not amount to 1000 (One thousand)
horse-power hours, shall be charged pfi cents (Seven and one-half cents) per horse-power
hour for use of current.
These charges, per horse-power hour, to be in lien of the fixed charge of $15.00
(Seventy-five Dollars) named above.
The Edison Electric Light Company agrees to furnish the said .
. . . . . . . . . . . with current to run said
. horse-power motor for one year, from date of this Contract, upon
the terms above specified , unavoidable accidents excepted, in which case a proportional reduc¬
tion will be made, which will be shown by meter.
The said .
agrees that the terms above specified are satisfactory, and in event of non payment of bill to
permit current to be cut off five days after presentation of bill.
In Witness Whereof, the said parties have signed this agreement the day and year
aforesaid.
Signed,
1890. Electric Light - Edison General Electric Company - General
(D-90-33)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison General Electric Co. Many of the letters are by J. C.
Henderson, engineer-in-chief; Samuel Insull, second vice-president; and H.
Ward Leonard, general manager. Many of the documents pertain to the
consolidation of the various Edison companies and to the internal affairs of the
departments within the new company. Some of the letters concern the
development of alternating current multipolar dynamos for electric lighting and
multipolar electric motors for street cars. Other documents relate to canvasses
of potential customers for new central stations in various towns and cities.
There are also two maps of the United States with figures listing the electric
light installations of Edison and his competitors. In addition, there are several
lists of existing and potential central stations across the nation.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence pertaining to contracts, orders, requisitions, bills, receipts, and
other financial matters; letters of acknowledgement and transmittal; meeting
announcements.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
DICTATED TO STENOGRAPHED.
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T. A. Edison, Esq.
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Dear Sir : -
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I learn from Mr. Sargent that • you are -very decided in ■
your views that the Engineering Department of the General Company
should take charge of the construction of the new plants in New 0
York City, — / °
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I cannot understand Thy there should be any objection to
this course, and am prepared to second your views in this direo-
tion to any extent within my power. ^
There will be an Executive Committee on Monday, and I ^ '
propose to bring this question before them, where 1 think it can « °
be carried through Jn accordance with your views, <" ^
I would be glad to have you write me a letter to this ^ ^
effect, which 1 will read to the OcmmittSe, but, will only use it r ^
in the event of your not finding it convenient to fce present at ” :
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. the meeting
I will advise you later at what time it will be held
An early reply will oblige, ^
Yours very truly,
Vice .President,
19 William Street.
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Edison General Electric Co.
Of NEW YORK
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq, ,
Orange, S, J.
My Deal Edison
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I dined lasu evening with Mr. de Young, the owner of the
San Ft ancisco Chionicle, and there I met a Mr. heille, a portrait
painter from Germany, who has ccme here to paint, portraits of sane
distinguished people. He said to me that when he left, Germany,
some parties connected with the German Edison Company asked him to
paint a portrait of you before he returned. I told him what so
far as I knew, there was no satisfactory picture of you, . and if he
made a successful picture, there would be many copies made of it, !
but the great difficulty would be in getting you to find time
enough to give him the sittings. He has akked me to give’ him a
letter of introduction to you, so that when he returns, he can step
over in Mew York, and see if he can arrange about he sittings. I
think he intends returning some time in April. I hope you will
be able to spare the time to give him the sittings, as I would like
to see you handed down to posterity in better form than anything I
have seen. Mrs. de Young is quite fashionable, and a great en¬
tertainer here, and she feels that she and her husband should help
Thomas A. Edison 2d
me all they can, because, she says, some years ago she was ab a re¬
ception at my house in New York, with Mrs. John Eigelow. I do
nob rem ember ohe fact, but I am very glad that she does, as they
can be very useful to me here.
I came here from New York at Henderson's request, as he
wanted my experience and advice in managing matters here, while
the getting of the franchises was placed by Mr. Villard entirely in
his hands, I suppose Mr. Villard having more confidence in his
ability than in mine; and from the letters that I receive from the
company, giving me instructions on matters uhat I knew five years
ago, I am afraid that the "powers that be" in New York, have not
much confidence in my judgment. If you share that feeling I
would be glad do know it, as I shall certainly hand in my resigna¬
tion, as soon as you notify me that you do. I have written to
Mr. Herrick, calling to mind the conversations that we had at the
time I made my contract , in which he told me that business would
be managed in an entirely different, manner fiom what it has been,
and that I had agreed to take a small percent with that understand¬
ing, but, on the contrary, the business has heretofore been managed
exactly as i.. was under Johnson's administration, and that, whereas
I got ten and fifteen per cent under Johnson, I was now getting two
per cent, and that .1 was nob satisfied with my arrangement. He
wrote me word to let she matter stand until I came East, which I
am will ing to do.
Thomas A. Edison 3d.
I think this is a. fine' territory for our business, and
it has been very much neglected. I am fully satisfied that Ladd
kept control of our business here, and did nob push it, but used
it as a club to further his Interests in the telephone and the tel¬
egraph, and now is the time we should fill these towns with sta¬
tions. I shall do my utmost bo close up this place, Los Angeles,
Sacramento and Oakland by the first of April, as I am anxious to
return to New York in April.
I do not write this as an official letter to you, but to
you personally, as you well know I am in bhe company because you
asked me to stand by you.
If I can serve you in any way out here, please address
me, and I will take pleasure in doing so.
Yours r,ruly^_ /n
Oen'l Agt. of (Jen. Stations.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CBMPANY,
Mills Building,
New York, May 28, 1800.
Dear Sir:
I beg to inform you that, at the next meeting of the Board
of Trustees of this Company, the following Resolutions will be
presented:
RESOLVED, that the By-Laws be amended so as to create
the office of Second Vice-President, and so as to authorize
the said new officer to perform all the duties of the Pre¬
sident and Vice-President in case of their absence or their
prevention from performing them thrcu^i other causes.
RESOLVED, that the President be authorized to issue
a general order placing the manufacturing and selling de¬
partment in charge of the Second Vice-President.
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Respect fully,
Seteotary.
New York City, .June /0th, 1890.
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Edison General Electric Company,
Samuel Insull, Esq.,
Second Vice-President,
Dear Sir:-
'louohing Consolidation I beg to say:
[1] The problem. is to consolidate with the General Co. in
the simplest way. the following six companies: Machine Works, Bergmann
& Co., Lamp Co., United Edison Co.,, .Canadian Co. and Sprague Co.
[2] ; As -to all of the said six companies except the Sprague
Co., I advise cthat by proper resolutions unanimously approved by the
stockholders,- reach company shall provide for assigning its entire' prop¬
erty to the General Co., for One dollar, the General Co. .formally as¬
suming all obligations.
[3] As regards the Sprague Co.,, I hope that Mr. Herrick
can arrange with Mr. Morris touching the outstanding fifty shares. If
that be done that Company can sell out to the General Co., for One
dollar, by unanimous consent of stockholders just the same as the above
named companies are to do.
[4] If Mr. Herrick does not arrange with Mr.- Morris, we can
still carry out the above plan as regards the other five companies and
then as regards the Sprague Co., we can proceed under the Statute to
consolidate itowith the General Co. In that case stockholders' meet¬
ings must be hpld of the General Co. as well as of the Sprague Co., on
thirty days' notice, and the consolidation must be approved by at least
two-thirds in value of the shareholders of the respective companies.-
It Is by all means much more simple, cheaper and less troublesome in
the end, to proceed by assigning with unanimous consent of stockholders,
instead of by consolidating under the Statute.-
[5] As regards the corporate organizations left after the
assignments are made, they will be empty shells, and can be wound' up at
will. But so long as any outstanding suits continue against such
company, it will’ be simpler to keep these organizations alive. "
[5] If the companies assigned by unanimous consent of
shareholders, nobody can object except some future judgment creditor.
Such judgment creditor might, if his judgment were not paid, take
steps to set aside this assignment as having been made with the intention
of defrauding him as creditor. 'But practically there is no danger of
this, because the General Co. would pay the ‘judgment itself.
[71 You will doubtless ask whether these, organizations,
existing as mere shells, will be taxable. You need have no anxiety
about that. In the first place the tax is upon the market value of
the stock, or on. the value of the property, and we can satisfy the
assessors that the stock and property have absolutely no value. In
the next place we can reduce the capital of each one of these companies
immediately, if need be, to a nominal sum say, $1, 000., which practical¬
ly would make the tax, even if they be taxable, next to nothing, be¬
cause it would be manifest that the stock had no market value. Again,
we would not care very much if the assessors levied the tax. We could
let them put it into judgment, for the judgment would be worthless, the
company having no assets; unless, indeed, there were pending suits in
which the company in question were a plaintiff, and in which something
were realizable.
[8] Before carrying out either of the foregoing plans, we
must know just what outstanding contracts the said six companies have,
and with the aid of Mr. Hodgkins, I have gone over that matter thoroughly.
Probably no list of these contracts was ever made before. V/e find that
altogether there are about two hundred and fifty of them, but not. more
than one-fifth of these are live contracts worth considering. As regards
the said one-fifth, they can be reduced to five or six printed forms,
and new contracts can be made without much trouble or delay, thereby
protecting the rights of all parties to the contracts. I assume, in
fact I am told by you, that the other parties to important contracts
will consent to substitute the General Co. for the old companies, sev¬
erally.
[9] Please consider this as only an informal report for use
at the Board Meeting to-day. In due time I shall make you a lengthy
report and shall include a list of the said two hunured and fifty con¬
tracts, so far as they are material. You can see that this work nec¬
essarily takes time, but we are pushing it with diligence.
[10] I suggest that you ask the instruction of the Board
as to whether they consent to the method of assignment made above, in
reference to consolidation under the Statutes, that is to say, so far
as relates to companies in which we hold or control the entire stock.
Hoping the above will be satisfactory, I remain
Very truly yours,
S. B. EATON,
General Counsel.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
44 WALL STREET.
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Thomas A. Edison , Esq.
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir : -
Your favor of June 11th, enclosing copy of correspondence
with Mr. R. R. Bowker, Pirst Vice President of the Edison Elec¬
tric Illuminating Company of New York, received. I would have
answered this sooner but have been absent in Schenectady.
Mr. Beggs was here to see me, some time ago, and request¬
ed me to make pencil sketches of arrangenent for station, stating
at the same time, that the engines must be on the ground floor,,,,
boilers above, coal above that, and if necessary, other floor's^,
still above that; that the boilers must be of the Babcock & Wil¬
cox type as he had already purchased them some years ago, and that
the pumps must be of the "Worthington" type.
I asked him what thickness of walls I would allow for,
and he replied that about 4 feet would do as it was only a prelim-*
inary sketch that was required.
I also asked him if the shape of the property was a rect¬
angle and he said that it was nearly so.
Mr. Bowker however called in connection with the survey,
and stated that although they were anxious to go .in accordance
with your ideas as to canvassing, still a case had arisen wherein
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it was necessary to lay clown conductors at once, as I ejqplained to
you on my visit to Orange.
I asked him for a sketch of the plot of ground, which he
has sent me. I find that it is a rhomboid in shape, and it is
possible to put in fifteen of the large units giving a total I-.H.F.
of 23,805 or maximum efficiency of 18,000 H.P.
The Boilers would have to be on two floors, if of the Bab¬
cock & IVilcox type. Double deck, B. & W. boilers would give us on
each floor 13,160, or a total on the two floors, of 26,300 H. P.
This H. P, is by our own rating, suitable for triple
compound, allowing the large quantity of 20 pounds of water per
H. P. for safety, thus allowing for all losses, leakage, pximps,
heating, hoisting, etc. etc.
The water required for condensation at the maximum ef¬
ficiency will be 8,300 Gallons per Minute. At one quarter of the
capacity of the station, or in other words, the long run, as per
practice of our large stations equals 2100 gallons per minute. This
necessitates a very large supply of water, and from the location
of the lot, which is somewhere in the neighborhood of the old
"Collect Pond", it may be obtainable by a number of Artesian Wells.
If not obtainable the next best thing is to have an est¬
imate made on the procuring of sea-water from the river. The first
thing necessary however, before undertaking ■ any design is to
settle on the actual quantity of water obtainable for purposes of
condensat ion.
If, we have to use engines "high pressure", the power
will be as follows ; raising the steam pressure to 185 pounds. We
can get from the same engines an I. H. F. of 19,300, or a maximum
efficiency of 14,500 H. P.
This will necessitate three floors of double deck Babcock
and Wilcox Boilers.
I enclose sket ch as I will submit to Mr. Beggs. Of course
the idea of exhausting or condensing together with the other items
as mentioned by Mr. Bowker, is all subject, as I before stated to
the question of water supply, primarily.
If you have no objection I would like to enclose a copy
of this letter to Mr. Beggs.
Very truly yours,
Now Y o r k, .Tune 2G, 1390.
To Thomas A. Edison, Beq.»
as a member of the Syndicate for tho purchase of
Edison General Electric Company's Stock:
Referring to the two circulars heretofore received by you in
relation to your participation in the purchase of stock of the
Edison General Electric Company, you are hereby advised that the
time during which all the stock is to be hold subject to the con¬
trol of the Syndicate, has been extended until September 1, 1390.
Yours truly,
^‘<r#
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
44 WALL STREET.
Department of Engineering.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir : -
Herewith enclosed I hand you report of Mr. Russell who
canvassed the cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Buffalo, regard¬
ing the allotment of lights in the different classes of dwellings.
Will you please give me your opinion regarding this
matter, and oblige,
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
44 WALL STREET.
JVew York, — JuXy„2nd.rlS.9.Q, _ 189
A. 0. Tate Esq., Private Secretary,
Edison's Lab oratory, Orange, N, Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 1st, with relation to Mr. Edison's
account against the General Company is not at all satisfactory.
I cannot possibly collect a bill up to the 1st of January,
1890, and at the same time, be only able to inform the officers of
the General Company that "the bills since then are well under
way".
I must be able to give them something definite as to the a-
mount of the bills. As a matter of bus-iness it would be very
foolish for then to pay the bills to the first of January and nbt
know what is going to follow between the first of January and the
first of July.
Yours truly,
PHONOGRAPHIC DICTATION.
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John P. Randolph, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose you herewith statement received from
Messrs .R.L. Cutting, Jr .& Co., showing the various prices at which
the 898 Shares of General Stock were sold by ;bhem.
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PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
Thomas A. Edison Esq
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Dear Sir:-
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I enclose you herewith a confidential circular
handed me by Mr. E. D. Adams.
This was not handed to me officially, but simply personally to
me to present to you.
Mr. Adams would like to know if you would liko to have one of
these circulars addressed to the Edison General Electric Company,
or to yourself. I would like to have some conversation with you
on this subject the next time I see you. In the meantime, please
let me have your views on the subject, and return the circular with
your reply at the same time.
Second Vice President.
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Illuminating Companies held last Summer, the Edison General Eleo-
trio Company promised to have an Alternating System out, at the
latest within six months. A year has now expired since that meet¬
ing was held, and we are no furthar ahead to-day than we were at
that time. The matter of Alternating apparatus is a very serious
one indeed to our business.
I have arranged with The Edi son Machine Works to wind
one of your Multipolar machines for alternating current. The
point that I am particularly anxious to get information from you
on is the question of the Converter. It is of the utmost possi¬
ble importance that we should be able to go ahead on alternating
apparatus, so as to be ready for our next season's business. I
would like to know definitely from you what I can promise to our
Distriot Managers throughout the country. I do not want to issue
circulars to them giving them an idea that three or six months
from now we will be turning out Alternating apparatus, and at the
end of that time find that I cannot keep my promises. I think
that it is particularly important that in our new organization any
promises I make to our people should be absolutely adhered to, and
I shall be glad if you will bear this in mind when you reply to
this letter.
Yours truly,
Second Vice President.
( E q U ITA B LE BUILDING)
EATON & LEWIS t7
S.B. EATON
EUGENE H. LEWIS //,>;£ July 19’; 1890 .
Mr. A. 0. Sate,
Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Matter of Edison Companies Consolidation: We are in re¬
ceipt of your letter of the 18th insrt. with agreements in duplicate
between Edison General Eleotric^Co. and EdiBcm lanp Co., under date
of July 11th, 1890, duly exeojited. Please accept our thanks for
th Q s am o*
' truly yours ,
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
44 WALL STREET.
Miv York, . Jul.y...23r...189..
r lease address reply to
■G.°^E!I.I>:EM.T:l:ATft:iSt j8 BROAD STREET,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:- .
• . . In dealing with the various people now in the
service of the Edison General Company, I find that the Central Sta¬
tion business has been in the hands of Mr.W.Freston Hix. I think
that our new organization through District Offices will take care
of this business, and I am inclined to think that we cannot very
well use the service of a man like Hicks. I remember that you felt
very strongly as to his engagement by the Company, at the time that
the arrangement was made with hin^ and I would like to know exactly
your position in connection with him before I see Mr. Hicks with
reference to a termination of our relations with him.
Yours truly, ^ _ .
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Second Vice President.
r ELECTRIC COMPANY STOCK SYNDICATE.
New York, July 30, 1890.
Esq.,
member of the Syndicate for the purchase
of Edison General Electric Company Stock.
Dear Sir: :
Referring to circular of June 28 received by you, you are
hereby advised that the above Syndicate is dissolved and no longer
controls the stock held by you.
Yours truly.
HENRY VILLARD.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
EDISON BUILDING, BROAD STREET,
New York,
WIRE DEPARTMENT.
New York, August ist, 1890.
We beg to inform you that the business of Wire Insulating heretofore carried on
by The Edison Machine Works, has been transferred to the Edison General Electric Company,
and will henceforth be conducted as a Department of that Company.
The Edison General Electric Company will have District Offices in New York, Chicago,
Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, New Orleans, and Toronto. These Districts will carry
a comprehensive stock of the wires manufactured by the Wire Department. The Districts named
will supply the territory as indicated below:
j EASTERN DISTRICT.— Chas, D. Sliain, Manager, 16 Broad Street, New York City,
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
CENTRAL DISTRICT.— John I. Beggs, Manager, Rialto Building, Chicago, Ills., North
Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, TnRin^n
Ohio and Kentucky.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. — Geo. W. Coster, Manager, Masonic Building, Cor.
16th and Welton Streets, Denver, Colo., Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana,
Utah and New Mexico.
PACIFIC COAST DISTRICT.-W. S. Heger, Manager, Room 6, No. f Sutler Street,
San Francisco, Cal., California, Nevada and Arizona.
' PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT.-S. Z. Mitchell, Manager, Portland, Ore.,
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT. — O. T. Crosby, Manager, Cotton Exchange Building, New
Orleans, La., Texas, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
CANADIAN DISTRICT, — M. D. Barr, Manager, Bank of Commerce Building, Toronto, Ont.,
British Columbia, Northwest Territory, (Athabasca, Alberta, Assinoba and Saskatchewan,)
Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northeast Territory,
Labrador, Newfoundland.
In all business matters with this Company we request that you will communicate
the District Office operating the territory in which your business is located:
Yours truly,
Approved:
SAMUEL INSULL,
Manager.^
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The reason I wrote on the original letter from Mr. Adams was,
that I thoughtthat the information from the canvass made at Buffalo
might be of great/use to our General Company, and I wanted to
consult with Mr. Edison on the subject before he replied to Mr.
Adams* letter.
If we turn this information over to Mr. Adams,- and he pays
for it,we could not use it in case we wanted to get up a Central
Station at Buffalo for ourselves, and I think it is only a question
of time when we will arrange to form a company in Buffalo.
I shall probably see Mr. Edison at the laboratory tomorrow
Saturday, and will confer with him on the subject and will then
see you about it
Yours truly.
from Mr. Kruesi, with relation to Multi-polar Maohinaa.
I send this, to you, so that you will see that the delay is not
all on the side of the Schenectady people. The. faulty figuring
referred to was made by Mr. Weiner who- never did any such work un¬
til we sent him to Orange as a draughtsman; in fact we had no idea
you would use him for any such purpose as figuring out a dynamo.
Mr. Weiner's figures were submitted to Mr. Kennelly and Mr.
Batchelor, and naturally our Schenectady people accepted them as
correct.
Eno. 1.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, N.J.
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Samuel Insull, Esq. , Second Vice President,
16 Broad St., New Yoxfc City.
Bear Sir:-
Xn answer to your telephone message of July 30th
makig inquiry as to the Multipolar Dynamo machines, I beg to say
thatwe have completed one for alternating current. The result of
the iest, however, is such that the machine will have to be re-
de signed and the field enlarged. This is being done now, while
two machines are being built as first designed. Although they are
not up to standard, I am sure that -we can sell them readily either
as motors or dynamos.
As to the cost I would say that it is essential that the new
dhwings are finished before the cost is figured, as it would be
iipossible to come near enough without having the drawings.
Yours truly,
Asst.6enl.Mngr.
E(yg^
THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS.
PRIVATE TELEPHONE LINE.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
taly on receipt. It will
Aug. . 4th
The meeting of the heads of the Departments of the General Company
will be held in your Library at your Laboratory in Orange, on Tues¬
day morning at 10 o'clock if this will suit you. All our people
are arranging to be out there at that time, and as it practically
means that our business will be without heads for the whole day,
I am anxious that there should be no slip up as to the meeting, and
as to your being able to give us as much time as may be necessary
to discuss a number of very important subjects which will be brough
up.
Insull.
Reply received by J.P. Kelsey from Mr. Randolph at 10.20
Mr. Edison will be here all day to-morrow.
Dear r-iri —
I send you herewith a set of tables gotten up by
the United ^ die on Manufacturing Company, giving various data regard
ing the Edison business and the calculations of conductors, which '
you may occasionally find convenient for reference.
I have had the book marked, "Edison General Electric Company",
for convenience in identification and return in case it be lost*
The tables are, of course, unofficial under the present organ¬
ization, having been compiled by the United Company, but, being in
a concise form, you may find the same convenient for reference.
Truly yours, .
Vtc.Vu^* OjayfCot
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PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
August 20th, 1890,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
0 r a n g e, N. J.
Bear Sir:-
1 enclose you herewith form of license to
Mr. W. A. Phillips j who used to run our Wirifi Department at Sohe-
nectady.
Please sign this as President of The Edison Machine Works. .
It is to close up our contract relations with Phillips tinder which
we had the right to his inventions for it* electrical purposes,
he controlling them for other purposes. Please return the Agree-
ment&to me as quickly as possible.
Yours truly,
THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS,
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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September 3rd 1890.
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secretary,
Ediosn Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose you herewith two pay warrants of the
Edison General Electric Company, for$ 3790.26 and $ 4402.68
These two. pay warrants should be credited on your books to
the Edison Machine Works. They are to settle up the old accounts
and are also to settle up some matters in connection with what is
known as the Vumbo machine" orders. If your accounts disagree with
the Schenectady Works ( I-^Mfer to the old Machine Works account)
I wish you would get into communication with Mr. Gilmore and have
the accounts checked up immediately.
Please use this mmttm money as carefully as you possibly can
and try and make it carry you over on pay rolls for the next
three or four weeks to come. By that time I shall settle affairs
with the Edison General Com pany' and the North American Company so
that we will get back the railroad expenses and also the expenses
in connection with electric lighting experiments.
Yours trulls r — \
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
EDISON BUILDING-BROAD STREET
T. Aw Edison, Esq.
Orange ,N. J»
Dear Sir s -
In answer to youra of September 1st, in relation to can¬
al, I find that it is emptied as yon say for a portion of the year.-
Our engines of course would be able to take care of this for that
length of time .working at high pressure, or rather non- condensing.
This however, would be very bad on the engines and very difficult
to regulate. The same party that is looking up locations is look¬
ing tip the subject of' well-, and has the guarantee of one canpany
there to supply us with any amount of water by going a certain
dep th.
In regard to the 10 H.PwMotors, I find that it is by Mr.
Sargent's instructions that they are so called. He certainly had
some reason for doing so, and I guess it was from the fact that they
were all about 10 H.P. I have however had our man there go aid
take each one separately so as to be sure.
Yours very truly.
Engine er-in-Ohief;. .
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY’ s
EDISON BUILDING-BROAD STREET " i.- ;
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
Sept. 8th, 1890
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J,
Dear Sir;-
I beg to advise you that at. a meeting held on the
4th. inst. ,at 16 Broad Street, of the Heads of Departments of this
Company, I brought up the question as to what voltage should be
adopted as a standard for our alternating system. After a great
deal of discussion it was deoided.as the opinion of the meeting,
that fifty volts at the lamps should be adopted as the standard,
inasmuch as this was the adopted standard of all of the opposition
Companies, and that we would therefore be able to get into the
field more readily.
Second Vice President*
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
: 16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
*
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange ,N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose you ‘herewith copy of a letter .dated
August 30th, received from Francis R.Upton.and also copy of a let¬
ter dated Sept, 3th, received from H.Ward Leonard, General Manager,
both relating to the Municipal system.
I wish you would let me have your views on this subject as
soon as possible. ;
Yours truly,
[ENCLOSURE]
actler..
.v; . t.'i ,;n &8 to carry a stacj; of
or.-: carefully, By our pr~.
t,%: iJt's for ijiunioip,;] ,c . ...
V-r*u r a truly.
General U&naps!
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
' New York, September 8th, 18B0.
Sara'l. Insull, Esq., second Vico President,
Edison General Electric Company.
Deal* Sir *
I return to you herewith, Mr. Upton* a latter of the
30th ult., regardiip; the municipal system. In tW.3 com action beg
to say that we aro endeavoring to push the reunioipal system as muoh
as wo can, but the fact of tho matter is , the system i3 vary ex¬
pensive as compared with other incandescent street limiting oystams
and, as a usual thing, tho arc light system is preferred fer
street lighting. Wherever municipal lighting comas up in oomoo-
tion v/ith an Edison oontral station, 1 think it 1b properly urged
that the municipal systom be installed, and in case it bofcat in¬
stalled, it is merely due to the fact that the system and price
aro not sufficiently attractive to the purchaser.
Some eight months ago I placed v/ith the Lunp company an order
ft>r some 6 l/a ampere lamps, with the idea of using those lamps on
a circuit of half ampere lamps, operated by a Sperry half are
dynamo; in other words, tho Sperry half arc dynamo can be used ...
very advantageously to operate half aro lamps and in the same |
with the half aro lamps, inoandosoont lamps req uiring the same
But since we had no lamps of this current, it bo-
ourront,
[ENCLOSURE]
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came necessary to order and get some in stock before we could
proceed with such plant. The Lamp Works has not as yet been able
to deliver the lanps in question, although they have done some
experimental work regarding the matter.
Just as soon as I have these lamps, I am confident that I can
place lamps of this nature and am sure that they would operate very
satisfactory, for the machine would be equiped with the Sperry
regulator and hence be entirely automatic in its performance, which
eliminates one of the greatest objections to the municipal
system, namely, the necessity of having a regulating board in the
station for each circuit.
I think our present municipal system used an incandescent, lamp
of altogether tod small a current, for, in order to place a large
number of lamps on any one circuit, it becomes necessary to operate
the circuit at a presure which is extreme, or, to express it in
another way, if we operate at 1200 volts and use 3 Ampere lamps
we can place only a comparatively small number on- any one circuit,
consequently the
which makes the number of Circuits excessive aad it eonpli aflt as ■ tho
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cost of construction is excessive and it complicates the question
of regulation of the central station greatly. We are the only
people I know of in the world who are operating a series. lamp re¬
quiring three amperes* Heisler people use a lamp requiring 5 v
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anyo.-ea anti the ThompsonlKouston use a lamp which roquirog about
3.0 ampovoa, while own only tokos throe,
X call your attention to the fact that one of the principal
causes, outside of the deficiencies in. tha design of tho system,
which tom! to prevent the introduction of the ayetam and which
will tond to prevent any modification of It trhioh v© nay got up,io
tho very high price of tho device* which are camfaeturod at the
How York Works* 'Also l desire to express an opinion that these
devices are not well designed anti my bo redesigned no so to
secure a very great. redaction in coat end aloe a very groat ««-
poriority in their performance* She municipal hood, which is ono
of tho assent ial features of the municipal system, coats just
about twice what it outfit, and is an extremely poorly designed nf**
fair oven them.
I appreciate the difficulties which Mr. Upton calls attention
to in manafacturine? lamps to supply sash a limited anti voided class
of orders, I do not aoo that wo oan do anything to assist matters
but I think to 'could soon got out. a system which will enable uo
to got some municipal lighting against any competition in tho field
th-ely yours,
(signed) !>. V/awl I-oonard.
donorol Manager*
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
EDISON BUILDING- BROAD STREET
New York, Sept. 30,1890
Mr. A. 0, Tate,
Private Secretary,
Orange, N.J.
Near sir : -
1 have your favor of Sept. 27th, enclosing copy of letter,
addressed to R. R. Bowker, let Vice President of tho Edison Elec.
Illuminating Company of New York, by Thomas Roes*, Jr. .
It is evident that he its mistaken as to the cause of the
damage done to the brick smoke stack, by exhausting steam into the
same. It is not the small quantity/ of oil carried ova r, which is
detrimental to the brick and mortJr work, but the moisture, duo
to the exhaust steam in connection with the products of combustion.
The oil ought to be eliminated on nearly so before it arrives
Engine er- in- Chief .
ISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
EDISON BUILDING-BROAD STREET
GN NEW YORK
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
to (St. IS BROAD STREET.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
By request of Mr. Insull, I beg to hand you
herewith a letter addressed to Mr. V/. «. Hamner by Silvanus jB
Thompson Esq., of London,, with reference to certain matters on our
larger sized Dynamos. which he desires to embody in a nev; issue of
his book entitled "Dynamo Electrical Machinery", and which he ex¬
pects to get out. shortly.
Mr. Insull would be glad to have your advice on this mat¬
ter, as to whether or not we should furnishj^^ Thompson with the
information which he desires. .
October 3rd, 1890.
Yours truly,
Enc. bl
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
PV/S
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
Octo. ?th,, 1S90.
Thomas 'A. Edison, Esqr.,
Orange, N, J.
Dear Sir:-
.1 beg to refer to you a letter from a Dr. Kittlar of
Darmstadt, Oermany, addressed to Mr, Phillip Seubel, and which he
has . referred to us . You will notice that Dr, Kittlar desires to
®ht certain information in regard to our Dynamos to embody in a
Revised edition of the Manual or. "Electro-Technics".
Will you kindly advise us as to whether or not, you de¬
sire this information to be. given Dr. Kittler?
Yours truly,
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
My Doar Sir:-
Mr. Bookman, a distinguished onginoor, of Now-burgh ,
Y., called at tho offico yostorday, and stated that you had authorized
him to request us to have, a cany ass made at Nov/burgh, for tho purpose
of enabling tho Nowburgh Company to successfully compoto with the.
Tliomson-Houston and Wcstinghouso poople. I write this letter to vor-.
ify his request, and to ask whether it is your idoa that tho Nowburgh
Company should pay tho exponsc of this canvass, or the expense thqroof
bo borne by this Company.
Very: trulyvyour s,
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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
now York, Octobor y, 1,-JfJO.
01 ikf.Ut.AK iwi'L'TIik #1, I.D.
1 oas1 Sir:
It is intended this this l -p -at muni. shall bo able to
furnish the district Managers and others connected with the Com¬
pany information upon any oubjeot an unqui ry con coming which cun
bo reasonably anticipated.
This department will undoavor to p jot together inl’omation
regarding plants established by this company and regarding plants
established by the opposition; also information regarding price
list and data of all apparatus of opposition companies, also des¬
criptions of .ill character concerning the business of this com¬
pany and opposition companies.
In getting together information of this kind, this de¬
partment will have to depend largely upon the assistance of those
in the field for supplying it with information concerning matturoj?.:
which may of interest. to others connected with the business.
Any information sent in of such a, character will be care¬
fully filed and recorded and whore -off sufficient importance will
be distributed to the District Managers and others occupying im¬
portant- posi-t-i-ona-. in the oompan.v. by means. of circulars.
It will be the duty of District Manager a to seo that
all information of a novel character which will bo of interest
to others connected with thi3 business be promptly transmitted by
thorn to this department. In ouae a large amount of work v/ould
bo necessitated by getting together information of this character,
it will bo well for District Managers to first find out from
this department whether it is already in possession of such in¬
formation, or deoirao to receive the matt or in question.
Cataloguoa and descriptive mutter of this company will bo
gotten out by this department, and District Managers will be ex¬
pected to send in all information possiblo regarding othor publi¬
cations of a similar nature, or suggestions regarding the same.
The advertising will bo conducted by this department and
suggestions in regard to pro cent and prospective advertising will
be appreciated. Any enquiry received by thiB dopartmont will re¬
ceive prompt attention, and if the information bo not at hand,
every endeavor will be usod to sooure it. With the actiwo co¬
operation of all parties conneotod with, this company, who are in
the fiold, it is hoped that this department will bo able to sup¬
ply information of almost any do si rejiu charactor in any particular
instance.
Truly yours,
Inteiligonco Dopartmont,
Dictated by H.V/.L.
Mo one lo sure s.
General Manager^
A;. Secretary of the meeting of the heads of the depart¬
ments of thie Company, I bee to advise you,' that -at the last meet-.
,.i«Ct held October and. , 1S90, Mr, Kruecsi reported, aa follows,
.. poneerning the Alternating current, Multi-polar Dynamos, "Mr.
Kruessi reported that Mr. Edison had requested that he be allowed to
prepare the design of this machine at the laboratory, and there¬
fore Mr, K rue si had done nothing, in the matter and should, wait for
Mr. Edison for the proper designs".
Will you kindly advise me as to what progress is being
made, with the designs for these machines, in order that I may make
notes of the same, in the Minutes of 'the Meeting?
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
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Thomas A. Edison, Eaq.
Orange, N.j,
New york, Octo
V, Engineer- in- Chief ,
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Herewith enclosed please find list of towns, canvassed
and to be canvassed, shov/ing the present status of the same.
Yours very truly,
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X Albany,
Atlanta, <f
X' 3 an 1’raneisco,
3t. houis,
X Omaha,
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Syracuse, tf"
X Utica,
X Covincton.Ky.
X Uowy.o rt,Ky.
yrroy.tf.Y.
^ Chicago,
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300, 000
1,000,000
330
. ^Seattle,
Stations mentioned by T. A. Edison as requiring surveys at
once. J. C. H.
!7oie.
X finished.
/ Under way.
company PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
,EET 16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
• ■ October
14th, 1890.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
GN
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
16 & IS BROAD STREET.
Ootobev 15‘.]i,
1890.
N GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
:i,on street is s is mm*.
My dear Edison:-
Oetober 17 th, 1S90.
I enclose you. herewith a letter f r cm Williams,''
a friend of Lippi no ofct. , on the subject, of alternating apparatus...
Do you third', it advisable for us to take port in a f ight of
this character, in view of the fact that we will probably 'be
putting out alternating apparatus within the next six months?
Please return William’s letter with your reply, and let me
hear from you as early as possible.
Years very truly.
Thomas A. Ediscn, Esq.,
Orarge, 11. J.
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Edison General Electric Company.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
NOTE— This confirmation should be cheeked, with the original message immediatelg on receipt. It will
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EBIS0N LAB0RAT0RY.
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EBI50N LAB0RAT0RY.
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October 'M th,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir
I beg to a3k^as See 'etary of the meeting of the
Heads of Departments, Aether the Jes igno for the small Haiti -polar
Motors have as yet been sent to Schenectady, in order that they
may got ou* the VsHShiU-^/^
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
EDISON BUILDING-BROAD STREET
October 31at,18e0.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq . ,
Orange , N . J .
Dear Sir: —
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X v/ould like to liave from you some information as
when you are likely to give us an Alternating Dynamo and Convertor
I would also like to know when wo may expect the models of the
small size f/.otor . It is important that we should got started in
this branch of the work.
Yours truly
2nd Vice President.
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EDISON general electric company Address Fntnro Communications,
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Edison Building, Now York.
November 6th., 1390.
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A. 0. Tate', 33sqr., Private Secretary,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N,
Dear Sir:-
X enclose you herewith, memorandum which I addressed to
Mr. Henderson on the date of November 5th., together with his reply
. in pencil.
I should like to have an explanation from you,, as to how
it has taken throe weeks for data on the Alternating Current Ap¬
paratus to get from the Laboratory to Mr. Henderson's office.
Yours truly,
Second Vice President
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
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From Samuel Insull.gnd Vice Pre a t .
Dear Sir:
November- . 5thr18a0,_~ ify
I enclose you herewith copy of a letter received from
Mr .Edison1 a Private Secretary with reference to Alternating Dy¬
namo apparatus. I should like' to h8ar from you as to whether you
have yet sent the necessary drawings to Schenectady for manufact¬
ure. I notice that Mr. Tate states that the complete data for the
apparatus was furnished to you about three week’s ago.
[ENCLOSURE]
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Samuel Insull ,Esq . , 2nd Vice Prest.
Edison Cieneral Electric Co. ,
New York City,
Dear Sir: -
V/ith reference to your letter of the 31st ultimo, in
regard to Alternating Dynamo and Converter, Mr .Edison has instructed
me to inform you that the complete data for the' Alternating Dyn¬
amo was ihrnished to Mr. Henderson three weeks ago. Mr .Edison .
understands that the general drawii^; lias teen finished and only
await s the approval of Mr .Hender son, when the details can be
arranged in a few days. If youwillhave the plans sent out here
for final approval, they can be completed and sent to Schenectady
next week for nanufacture. Our Transformer is ready now and only
waits for the nachingit cannot be manufactured until the latter
is ready.
Yours very truly
(Signed.) A. 0. Tate,
Private Sec'y.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Edison building-broad street Address Fiitni’i) Cummuiiiutioiis,
GN NEW YORK Edison Building, Now York.
November 7th, 1890.
A. 0. Tate Esq. , Private Secretary,
, Edison Laboratory, ^
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir;-
I have your favor of the 5th, with relation to
the formation of the Edison Company.
I would prefer that Mr. Edison shoLild not answer thi3
letter until I see him. I v/ill be out to the Laboratory one after¬
noon next week . .
•" My own impression is that his permission to form such a
company would be an infringement on his contract with Drexel, Mor¬
gan & Co., on the subject of Norway and Sweden. It might not be a
legal infringement , but I certainly think that i t would be a moral
infringement.
I v/ill talk with Mr. Edison on the subject as soon as I
get an opportunity.
Mo enc.
Adtoss Future CoiurauuHtiouu,
Edison Building, Now yorl{i
November 7th, 1890.
A. 0. Tate, Ksq . , Private Secretary,
Edison Laboratory,
OranGe, N.J.
Dear Sir! -
I have your favor of the (3th enclosing a letter
which you received from Mr. Stewart.
I notice that Mr. Stewart says: " Parties who furnished funds
have been compensated for their outlay" Evidently everybody has
been paid but myself. X advanced Stewart $250.00 and at the moment
I am "whistling" for my money.
Stewart has applied to us for a position and if I can possibly
place him I shall certainly do so, as I think that he is a man of
considerable value to us although his ideas of business are very
visionary.
Second Vice President.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
GN
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sirr-.
'C <n 4_
I understand the Western Electric Company are
going to ask you to give them an affidavit with reference to re¬
gulator for arc apparatus, in connection with one of their patent ■
cases.
Such, an affidavit might be unfriendly to our Company.
We shall therefore be glad if, when they ask you for the affidavit,
you will please confer with us before signing same.
Yours timly,
a
Second Vice President.
Mr, Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
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Dear Sir,-
We enclose yon herewith copy- of our #5-C catalogue, en¬
titled “Pacts about Electric Stationary Motors". This issue is now
about exhausted, and we wish to have another edition printed and incor¬
porate in same a description and photo-engraving of the small type of
motor which you are now at work upon. Can you furnish us with a draw¬
ing from which wecan have an engraving madeeoas to have an electrotype
made .
As we intend to have an issue that will last several months.
We shall greatly appreciate this.
Awaiting your early reply we are.
Yours truly.
Phon. Diet. A, S. V.
Enc .
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Gen. Mgr.
Light & Power Dept.
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X have your favor of the 20th. inat. with relation to
battery business, I note your scheme of operation and shall be
very glad if you will have figured out for me a price-list with
the discounts you would allow our Company. X should also like to
know v;hat Sts counts you would allow to various other parties, so
that I can figure on what profits we could make if we carried a
stock of batteries and sold in large quantities to whoever might
come along and require them. Your idea as to prosecuting the Erne
gency Electric Lighting business, I think is a very good one.
We can probably develop^ a good deal of business in this
No Em
— EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
EDISON BUIL0ING-BROA0 STREET
T. A. £(11 sou, Ssq.,,
Iildoliya Park, Oraaga, N.J.
Dear Sir.,:'
Wa transmit barasHd ooplaa otievaral oirotflar lefctacr irbtob,
*073 -been aaat out f«om this offtaa, tad mod may oontaln matter at Interest
to you. •
ifoari truly,
Intelllgaaoa Departments
Slot.at.ed by 'Xkfv
Saoloaurei.-
[ENCLOSURE]
CIRCULAR LETTER.
OFFICE CIRCULAR #2, I.D.-
Ootober 29., 1890.
'He .transmit herewith maps showing the oondltlonof the Inoandesoent’ lighting
field In the United-States on September 1st, and on Ootober 1st, also giving
the sales of our apparatus; and of opposition apparatus -durlngthe months
preoe.ding these dates. These maps are also sent to the Bistrlot Managers, 1
with the Intention of keeping them Posted as to the work as It Is being oarrled
on in eaoh state. ■
Yours truly, 1
General Mgr..,
Intelligence Department.
Dictated by G. W.
1 Snolosure. •
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[ENCLOSURE. FOR EACH STATE THE TOP FIGURE INDICATES
EDISON PLANTS; THE BOTTOM FIGURE INDICATES COMPETING
PLANTS . ]
Incandescent Light Plants
Sold in the U. S. ami Daiueta during the month of......
ijwreafi.
ifsra'A.
| SAME MONTH .LAST YEAR.
EDISON:
2,1
/^79t>
Unlicensed "
Total, ....
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3A22 J - .
OPPOSITION:
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T-H. ... .
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Other Companies, .
JM.3.2. .
JOJLZJL .
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Edison Lamps
Shipped during the month of _
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
Unlicensed "
...JMU. .
Small Lamps, etc.,
zyy-3
.
Foreign, ....
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. _ . .
Total .
2/9 ?23
//2<S3?
\±JL£^L .
Total Capacity of Incandescent Light Plants in the
U. S.(aa^^S£i3)up to date.j
(DYNAMO CAPACITY IN IB C. P. LAMPS.)
(jolut'rzv / f/3iZ3 o~r / I'O'uh./l, fa iTf
^n(>/b63 m-/ „
try / "
/f 7,
[ENCLOSURE. FOR EACH STATE THE TOP FIGURE INDICATES
EDISON PLANTS; THE BOTTOM FIGURE INDICATES COMPETING
PLANTS . ]
Incandescent Light Plants
e U. S. and Canada during the month of _
, arena.
1 6* c!*P? LAMPS .
| SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
■BBS?
EDISON:
23 o-t r
g~?6s'
OPPOSITION:
3 0 / .? a
6 3 (.9 r
2.3 J-d s'
±./j.2,
; — .
—
Other Com antes
/V-93 3
Tot. .
3 0 6/3
. . .
JJt?
Edison Lamps
Shipped during the month of _ _ 1890
8AME MONTH
1 LAST YEAR.
•SSS& ’
. f . .
2-0 ? 6'7f
t
3 o !3o
I
Foreign, ....
_ 94^?
L
_
rzs'/S-o
Total Capacity of Incandescent Light Plants in the
U. S. and Canada up to date.
(DYNAMO CAPACITY IN IS C. P. LAMPS.)
, /,,3/f or , 2^ .t? <r6
2. , Lf b'Z <f- rr/
3 7.,
2, Zj
(OcJ: ,aJ; /■p'f 0
[ENCLOSURE]
November 7th. 1890,
CIRCULAR LETTER TO DISTRICT MANAGERS #21 I. D.
DISTRIBUTION BY DISTRICTS OF INCANDESCENT LIGHTING IN THE UNITED STATES
UPON OCT. 1,1890, EXPRESSED IN GENERATOR CAPACITY .RATED IN 16 C.P.
LAMPS, POPULATION BY WORLDS ALMANAC, 1890.
1 -
! Edison
—
Edison
Opposi-I Opposi
- Total yTotal
<a of
: Gen. Cap
Gen. Ca
j. tion ! tion
Gen. Cap. Gen. Cap.
Edison
DISTRICT.
to
i t0
: to
Business
Popul.
j Popul.
: Popul.
: l to
il to
1 to
^ ... ;
Eafetern
619,595.
35
653, 769i' 28 j
1,173,364. 16
44
New England 142, 975.
26
,250, 534.; 15 |
393,509. 9
36
Central,
359,225.
74
; 580, 218. 46 '
939, 441. 28
38
Rocky Moun
- 26, 640.
38
79,376. 13
106,016. 9
26
tain
Pacific Coastl2,475.
129
43,463. 37
55, 928. 29
22,6
Pacific N.
39.605
15
; 26,165.; 23
65, 760.; 9
60
Southern,
71, 650.
203
156, 464.; 93
228,114. 64
31
Total.
/
1,172, 163
■
1, 789, 968.
2, 962,131.
Average,
,66
i
! 37
22
39.6
Manager,
Dictated by Intelligence Department.
No .Enclosure.
[ENCLOSURE]
ELECTRIC COMPANY
G-BROAD STREET
Macaws f.iiM'tw i'o
Novum i<3,
DMWIB',W(” or arc lisbsb m ms M(«o a««3, AOco*oes3 « ot
Pa3P0--?rw 10 m ^POLASIOH. ( 3mrB* MS I0SGEH ALUHO, 1390.)
DLSMCJ .
No. of Aro Lights.
Gisots to PopuUtloa.
Imum.,.. _ .
. .«,m. .
•ila'.-fan-ucL .
. ?5aZQQ^......
Hir-vau .
- -33.433.- . .
.gout-iora.
- 14.A-5J... .
n
- sjm, _
£mUU. .Qohh^ _
— _ i.
_ ...
. . —
Years truly,
Gaami vi3a323f
tiU^iHsjaao.-? Oso-ir taoat.
So siiolosurs.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
EDISON BUILDING-BROAD STREET
28th. , } 890.
A. 0. Tate, Esqr., Private Secretary,
Edison Laboratory, Orange,
Dea- Sir:-
.1 beg to enclose you herewith, copy of a letter I have
written to-day addressed to F. S. Hastings, Treasurer, with rela-
■ti0n t0 char«es gainst the Edison Manufacturing Company, The Ed¬
ison Phonoplex System and T. A. Edison.
I had a letter from Mr. Gilmore the other day, with re¬
lation to the charges of the Edison Machine Works against the
Edison Manufacturing Company: he said he had written repeatedly,
asking for settlement of this account, and could get no reply even
to his letters.
I do not think this is the way to treat business corres¬
pondence.
Yours truly,
T. A. Ediaon.KHT.
Orange, II. J.
Near Sir : -
I was astonish nd to hoar from Mr. InaulX yost srday that
yoix were under the impression that, the drawings for the " A It ora at -
in.!' Machine" had not yet gone, to Schenectady. I bog however, to
say that the drawing for the bod plate was sent to Schenectady on
November 8th, and that the balance and everything complete went
on November 12th, 13th and 14th respectively; the Schenectady Works
thus: having had the complete drawings for fifteen days.
As to the dro.Trf.ngs for the Street Car Truck; these will
be sent out early next week.
[ENCLOSURE]
( Copy,)
■om Sidney E. Paine, Dis. Mgr.
1 John mil-. Gen. R.Ky. Agt.
i: in 1
that. I :
rours of the irtli ionf*. • 5 1'jj-ocit. in/r \r f •** •* j
V/ost. End people and ask them to make sugg -a. " .
'Sard to the proper eons true ti on of street c.%; m •*.. a
.t delicate a bo -.it approaching them, but as lluV
repeatedly request od us to do so, we will comply .mined iatjj. >.
\lc: world oay in this connection that they h:.v . ex; .vw.^ 1
hr. Starkey a desire to obtain a slow sppea motor, !td also i-rr. .
means or reducing tho noise, the cause of which seems to b ■ a ■ • • -
sent undetermined by electricians. The West End people have is-
less cause; for complaint of this latter, after their experience with
tho t-h motor, as it is an established fact , beyond- argument , that
there is a noise peculiar to tho Sprague system vrhi ch is entirely
absent in tho t-u . Of course, any system of gearing must cause
more or loss noise, especially after it has worn any 'length of •. Imt .
but tho noise of which tho customers of th - Sprague motor complain
is net this rattle of the gears, but as was expressed to f.v. Starkey
it is a "Comanche Howl?
Another suggestion is that tho switch cylinder be placed ei¬
ther below the platform, and be operated by bevelled gears, or that
a projection bo placed in front of the platform, on which the switch
cylinder and motor-man may bo placed.
We will see the West. End people, and if can do nothing
further v;e will be pleased to send it to you.
The West. End people will very shortly be confronted with the
necessity of providing new apparatus and now details for elevated
electric railroads , and it will do no harm, certainly , if Mr. Edison is
prepared at the time that they may call for it, to 'show that he
lu.s given the matter further and mature xk&snstxxn consideration,
and is prepared to meet their wishes .
Yours very truly
(Signed) S.B.P.
!.n I'D OWHiCr ViAMASiiiSS , *26, 1.
iNUANOiAOU'ii GAAP*
a PDA NOVSittSH 1, 1390 COXPASiiu n.
aAPSij'W as!»88APaa capacip? in la
pscoacjf 1, 1349.
o t.r -joisai' osifsaai. smcichs in tu •
■i IHSi'AiiUft) 3/ Abb 'MjHZ'HH-.
SO /(AL'f, LAMP.3.
POPOLAitD;» B‘/ “ VI0SLD3 ALMANAC", -1,330,
20rooo _tg.__7S,a)oL
. .ovaf.„75fcooo^.
j Jaiiaaey lat., to
! Nov. 1, 1390.
f 0 1 A 1 I.ISfcil lod ; ■ j
Nov. 1,1390. :
: Sdlooa,
Alt.
_Adl_30ll,._
. .
.Alt.
: 34,336,
■ ' ' -
93,534.
216.735.
313.694.
! 3. 150.
27.302.
113.920. •
4_34.fcMQ.-i
LlifclQS..;
.^Q,540,;.-j
LliilfcM-O-:;--:.
'j 71r.355;;!
139,631.
^673^095..!
i59r, 69 0«
IfUillt ■>
3t«-UAd bgp|j
No oiaigNiu-.),
J'iX'W'.-CTS.- • . v '
i^PL- <£jQ-Q~gk^I ^
^ £TIA^T — 6t-| -P^1
1
,. '. riixr.^ "few'
*Z$£**% \j
N GEN^^LECTRIC company
3I50N QUJLDING-8ROA0 STREET
December 6, 1890
Mr. Thomas A. Ediscn,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir. - As we wish to get out another edition of
our called "Pacts about Electric Stati cnary Motors"
we wish to include in it a description and cuts of the two. snail
motors that you are at work on. Will ym kindly fhrnish us
with such drawings as will enable us to have the cuts nade?
Awaiting your early reply, we are.
Yours very truly,
Gen. Mgr^ '
«Dic. A. S. V.
tV , ^ k ’ /2_
v u C_
.Edison general electric. company
EDISON BUILOING-SROAD STREET
Mr. A. G. Tate, Private Sec’ y.
Orange, N. J.
Dec. 10- '90.
Dear Sir, -
We are in receipt of jours of Dec. 9th. in reply to ours of
the isth. advising us that Mr. Edison cannot furnish us with the data
which we require relative to the two small motors, for a week or
ten days. /
V _
New York, December 10, 1890
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Director,
Orange , New Jersey.
Dear Sir:— 1 enclose youherewilh corrected oojy of
list of Edison Licensees, embodying also the territory covered
by each and giving their correct addresses.
^rn5Tycu kindly acknowledge receipt?^
V
Yours very truly.
-vUifc
Gen. Mgr.
Light & Power Dept,
Die,
vj
One enc.
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
LIST OF LICENSEES
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY.
November 1st, 1890.
ARRANGED BY DISTRICTS.
CANADIAN DISTRICT.
TERRITORY LICENSED.
Northwest Electric Co . Winnipeg, Man .
Toronto Incandescent Electric Toronto, Ont .
Corporate limits of the City of Winnipeg.
Corporate and municipal limits of the Township of
York, including the City of Toronto, and all other
municipalities comprised within such limits, all in
the Dominion of Canada.
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jackson, Mich .
Kansas City, Mo....
borough, la.
. County of Cook.
. Bounded on north by south side of 5th St.; on south,
by north side of Pearl St.; on cast by west side of
Walnut St.; on west by east side of Elm St.
, Corporate limits of Canton, 0.
Present and future limits of City, provided that exten¬
sions do not apply to territory already disposed of.
Corp. limits of Dayton, 0., including Soldiers’ Home.
Corporate limits of Dcs Moines, Iowa.
Corporate limits of Detroit as it may be extended, pro¬
vided it does not interfeie with territory heretofore
Corporate limits of Grand Rapids.
Corporate limits of Jackson, Mich.
County of Jackson, Mo., and Wyandotte, Ks.
Present and future limits of City, provided extension
does not apply to territory previously disposed of.
Corporate limits of Middletown, 0.
Corporate Limits of the City of Milwaukee, for Central
Station only.
County of Hennepin, Minn.
[ENCLOSURE]
EASTERN DISTRICT— Continued.
NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT-Continued.
NAME OF LICENSEE.
ADDRESS.
TERRITORY LICENSED.
Edison Electric Eight Co .
Corporate limits of the Borough of York, and the terri¬
tory immediately adjacent thereto, being the Town¬
ships of Manchester, West Manchester and Spring
Garden, in York County.
E OF LICENSEE
ADDRESS.
TERRITORY LICENSED.
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. . ,
Lawrence, Mass....
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of
New Bedford, transferred to New
Bedford Gas Light Co.
Edison Electric Illuminating Co. . .
Skowhegan Electric Light Co .
New Bedford, Mass.
Newport, R. I..
Skowhegan. Me.
Corporate limits of Lawrence, Mass, j also, Methuen,
Andover and North Andover.
Within the corporate limits of New Bedford, Mass.,
and the adjoining Towns of Fairliaven, Dartmouth
and Acushnet.
Corporate limits of Newport, R. I.
Corporate limits of Skowhegan.
NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT.
NAME OF LICENSEE.
Edison Electric Illuminatin
Edison Electric Illuminatini
Edison Electric Illuminatini
address.
Co...
Co...
Fall River, Mass. .
TERRITORY LICENSED.
Its of Boston, Mass.
Its of Brockton, Mass,
lits of Fall River, Mass.
[ENCLOSURE]
PACIFIC COAST DISTRICT.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT.
NAME OF LICENSEE. _ ADDRESS. TERRITORY LICENSED.
Edison Electric Illuminating Co... Spokane Falls, Wash. Corporate limits and extension,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
December llt.li, 1890.
' EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
yS EDISON BUILDING-BROAD STREET
Mr. Thomas A. Mis on,
Llewellyn Park,
0 i* a n g e , New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
I hand, you herewith copy of letter, under date of Dec. 8th,
from the Williamsport Edison Company, to our Eastern District Manager,
relative to the Thompson new watt-meter. We are receiving a large
number of inquiries of late, regarding mechanical meters, and it seems
as though the introduction and advertising of the Thompson new watt¬
meter lias awakened a very great interest 'in this subject. 1 am anxious
to be able to say something in reply to such inquiries which will indi¬
cate that we will shortly be in a position to furnish first-class me¬
chanical meter's.
I understand that one of the Thompson new watt-meters has
been sent to your Laboratory, and any information which you can give
me on the subject will be much appreciated and used judiciously.
The model of your mechanical meter, which you showed us at'
the Laboratory about two months ago, I understood was to be developed
and put in a condition so that it would be cheaply and promptly manu¬
factured. If I can make any statement in regard to that meter I think-
it will enable us to make our various illuminating companies hold off a
little while, rather than purchase the Thompson new watt-meter.
Yours very truly,
\h Ui-lXt /
p - General Manager,
'^Intelligence Department.,
[ENCLOSURE]
Williamsport, Pa., Dec. 6 -1890.
Chas. D. Sliain, Esq.,, Dist. Mgr.,
Broad. St. , New Eork.
Dear Sir: -
We liave recently been making some comparison of our output
of light, with our gross revenues and if our ameters are correct we
are furnishing light in this city at a price less than 50 cents for its
equivalent in gas. We are desirous of making some experiment with
electric meters. What do you know about mechanical electric meters in
general, and the “Thompson new watt-meter” in particular?
We are told by parties who claim to know that the Thompson
Watt meter is within one per cent of absolute correctness. We do not
want a chemical meter; their advantages and disadvantages we are en¬
tirely familiar with, and beg that you will confine your information on
this subject to mechanical meters only. Do you know anything better
than the Thompson Meter, or can you give us any reference .of compan-
iesusing mechanical meters on the Edison two-wire and three-wire sys¬
tems? (2 An early reply will greatly oblige,
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) Shaw Hess.
General Managers.
ciacoLAS i»8'«aa 10 His a os of oaPARiMMra, m, i. ■ o. •
December 12, 1390.'
Saar Sir.,-1
We forward neca,7itn a list of Sdiaon Oa'sb Central Stations la tbs
United States and Canada', up to Ootober 1st., togstner irttb an appendix to'
November 1st., 1890.- Kindly a'oUaofflsdga raoelpt of tae same.-
yours truly,
Ijf' i (M General Manager.,
Intelligence Department.-
Dictated by
1 Snolosura. •
[ENCLOSURE]
With appendix to November 1st. 1890..
The figures give the capacity of Generators in 16 c.p lamps (.=50 ■'watts' )
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
-1'31’ J,'‘ M34 0- li'WL iflfUB II Ml 'JSMkQtM o.,, ’
toodscJOSt Slaot. it, Co..,
Ca-Atimn iiiiot. i,i. Co, ,
/; vistr Lt. % ?:•. Co. ,
3oo, i. Fall,
Pn-lrictca 033. {• ilaot. Co..,
y'allayflald ,3l30t. • Lt. Oo..,
Poaijpokb ilact. Lt. Co. ,
SiS'tt-} Pri.n to a Co. .
^•widoa ii.-ct, Lt. Co. ,
C3ig3i-y viict, Lt*. Co..,
Viotorii iUoct. ■ I i Ijjr. • Co. ,
4oo4stobk, -i. 8. 1,000.
CtWln.i;, 3. ??0,
'n;i"3’> 3. 900.
C.«L'lotcWtJ;U, P. *5. I. • ' 7g0.
ProcL’ictoo, J. S. - 7$'
.yalluyna-U.c-de. (Coa mi^OO. •
•■PsWOPC’iU, Oat. • 723. :
.‘iJOUt.’-Jll; Otit. . logo.
3r:valoii,Maii. • log,;.,
llo^m, 12Q0. •
7 1 c 1 3 rt i , 3.0 ' ' 1000.'
V'Aiicj j y,. f . 3 0. •
12 StiUoa*.
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
. LIST OF CASH CENTRAL STATIONS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT
Decatur Gas Li„ & CoKe Co0
Edison Elo Lt0 CoP, Anna, IU0
Gsnsseo El0 Lto & PD Co,, Gousseo, Ill*
Jersoyvllle Elo Lt0 , Gas & PD Ce» Jeraeyvillo, Ill0
Lewiston, Elo Lto » Ho & Pa C«0, Lewiston, 111=,
J0 L« Horton, Lockport, Illo
Manmeutli, Sl0 Illg0 Co, , Monmouth, Ill,
Morristown El0 Lto 4 P„ Coos Morristown, Illo
Ulnonck El0 Lto & Po Ce0 „ Hinonk,, Ill,
Olney Elo Lto COo, Olney, Ill,
Paris Gas Lt0 & C*ko Co0, Paris, Illo
Peru Elo Lt„ & Water So Co0 , Peru, Illo
(waukegan) Ro Po Bates, Waukegan, Ill,
GOO.
225
720
750
080
340
900
. 640
360
1200
600
450
1080
13
stations
8445
Aniigo Ed. Elu Lto Co, , Antige, Wis0
Bar abet Edo Lto Co0, Boraboe, TTiOo
Breadhead El0 Lto C#0, Broadhead, TfiSo
Burlington El0 Lto & Po Co0, Burlington, WlSo -
Hudson El, Lto Ceos> Hudson, WlSo
Ho Ho Earles, K auk anna, TTiSo
John Sohmitte, Manitowoc, TfisQ
Seott Lumber Co0, Morrill, Hiso
He enah & Manaaha Elo Lt0 Co„ , Hoenah, WiSo
Moilsville Eli Lto Ce», Neilsville, Wls,
Wauwatosa 51» LtP Co0 , Wauwatosa, TTiSo
1350
750
000
300
600 IS
900 stations
1800
375
450
225
450
7800
Town of Indianola
Afion Elo Lto Station, Afton, lao ■
Carroll El0- Lt„ & P0 Ce0, Carroll, Ia»
Davonport Gas Lto COo, Davenport, la.
United States Elo Lto & Po Co0 0_Dubuqu*r. la.
Loan Elo Lto Co0, Leon, lao
. Town ol Newton, Newton, I&o
Oskaloosa Elo Lto Co0, Oskaloosa, IA>
Ottumwa Elo Lto CoP, Ottumwa, lao
City of Tipton, Tipton, la.
Mas on City Gas & Elec, COo, Mason City, lao
.1080 '
S0O
450
150
-moo - n — —
300 stations
900
1500
600
300
720
- — 0510
[ENCLOSURE]
AU»ce» tta & p, co*„ AUsgaa
itenaalnw a. U„ o*f Heaoaia**. Hi&V
X.' H; Browa. fix Mwwwrt. iflciiV
al Poioefctiy fa Pofesiay.. Wijls-
i'<3- *■*'- 4 M> «’ Pontiac .'Uol\.
sx r.suis a. u &4 ».. Ca,., si. tenia ' «ich..
.jiui’sis Caa & SI.- Lt, Co. , 8tar>;i« .«!«}»•
.'fwttlojr. Itolley & Co,.. Holland uich'
600
00
540
750
1200 a
000 stations
360
- 4740
Jackson, Ohio.
Cirolevills. Ohio,
Schuyler SO,” Li,. Co,, Mao si ton. 0,
Uavyavillo II, Co,,, Uarys villa. oa
Toi?onio SI, tt,,4 ”0 Co,, Toronto 6,,
l!ooBter=Schuyl,r SI., ht„ Coc flaoster- 0,
Xenia Elo tt„ Cofl|, Xenia, 0,’
Attica Slo Oto, I!, & Pc Co,, Attica, Ind-
flost Saden Springs Coo, West 3adsn ' lnd:
Jiunico a, I, to & Pa Coa, Uunico, Ina,
City of Push-villa, Bushvllie, Ind,
Kentucky Union Sand Co„. Clay city* Xy,
flinch os i or El„ Lt0 Co= , flinches tor, ky„
Cascade Hilling C&5, Sioux Palis v g* Dakota,
De &>ta SI, U-o Co., , Do Sota Uo„
Independence SI, «„ Co,, Independences Uo„
Rankin Zl„ It, Co,. _. Tarhio, Wo,
000
1350
300 7
1200 stations
600
450
455
— — 5555
450
225 4
025 stations
450
- 1050
750 s
000 stations
1350
300 . S
■450 stations
450
- 1200
Winona HU Lt, Co,.. Winona Ulan.,
600
Jaaeatown thy I.t, Ca,( Jiawstoan. .51, Dakota,
500
- — . - 600
57 stations
(3)
30170
[ENCLOSURE]
List OF CASH CENTRAL STATIONS xn the EABTIHH DISTRICT,
Hornollsville, N.Y.
Albany E„D„ Lt.4P. Co.', Albany, N.Y.
Baldy.Ed.Illg. Co„ Baldvrtnsville,
Bay Shore- Ed, Lt. Co. .Bay shore, N.Y.
COOpoi'BtOTfn Lta £P. Co. ,COOpel'StOWn,K.Yo
BolgOjBolgevillo, N.Y.
Flushing El.Lt.SP. Co, flushing, N.Y.
Citizens El. Co. .Fulton, N.Y.’
Lo F.oy Bax Lt. Co.v LeP.oy, N.y.
Me K. Y.Mto 4 Co., Little Falls. M0Y.
Lockport Gas Light Co. ,Lookport, N. Y.
Kyack El. Lt. 4 P. Co.p Nyack, N.Y.
Oswego Cas Lt0 Co., Oswego, N,Y0
Ed. il, 4 P, Co., Troy, N, Y„
Waterloo El. Lt. Co. .Waterloo, N„ Y.
GOO
2 ! 50
1200
GOO
000
1300
540 IS
000 stations
600
760
450
1800
750
1500
750
14,390
Phyllon El. Lt« Co. , Ashburne, Pa. 250
Bangor El. Lt, *P0 Co0 , Bangor, Pa. 300
Butler El, Lt. , H. &.P, Co, 0 Butler, . Pa. 900
Cat ag aqua El, Lt. 4 P. Co., Galas aqua. Pa, 1,000 13
■John Dubois, Dubois, Pa. 450
Elizabeth El, Lt., II, 4 P. Co., Elizabeth, Pa, 540
Freeport El. Co„, Freeport, Pa. 270
Monesualo El, Lt, , H. 4 P, Co0 , Honesdale, Pa. 000 stations
Ed» El. Illg, Co., Lebanon, Pa. 1,500
Peoples El. Incand.Lt. Co. Meadville, Pa, 2,080
Frankford El. Lt. Co., Frankford (Phila) , Pa. GOO
Port Carbon El. Lt. 4 P. Co„, Port Carbon, Pa. 540
Wayne El. Lt. Co,, Wayne, p^, 1,350
- II,G20
Delaware El. Lt. 4 P. Co., Middletown, Del.
Milford Ed. El. Lto Co., Milford, Delo
T, C, Knauff Organ Co., Newark. Dol.
Li Islington City El, Co., Wilmington, Del.
Burlington El. Lt. & p. Co. , Burlington, N, d,
Dover El, Lt. a P„ Co„, Dover, No d.
Froohold El. Lt. Co., Froehold, H. d„
Haksnsaak El. Lt. Co., & P. Co. .Hakonsack, N. d.
Ut. Hoily El. Lt. Co. , Mt„ Holly, II. d.
600
GOO
720
0,000 4 siatio
- - ; 7,920
750
720
450
450 .
. - 805 7
[ENCLOSURE]
MET OF, CASH CENTRAL STATIONS IH EASTERN DISTRICT (CON)''
ElilfiTDL U«ct0 "Lt0 Co0, Bristol, Cono,
iiicdleiov/n El, Li, Co, , Middletown, Conn,
Nov Britain' Kloctrio Lt, Coc , New Britain, Conn,
Co ,M" Electric Co, T.’aierbury, Conn,
400 '
1800
1440 4 Stations,
I 500 : 5140
3uc):haanan Else,; Lt, Co„, Buckhannan, T?, Va,
•CiMisburg El. Lt, Ca„t Clarksbnr6t W» Va,
yainaonnt' El, Lt, & P0 Co, , Faimouni, W. Va,
Itotiusburs; Sd. EX. ; Illf,'" Co. , Martinsburg, Vi
;?i5daont,El, Lt, & P. Co„3 Pisdnont, Vf, va,
ijoatoix r,l, ,;Lt, N„ ,P, Co,4Ns3tont Tff0 Va,
540
540
",540, . G Stations,
Goo . ;
600 .
36 0 3400.
Oalrl-r-c1. Elc Lt, Co. Oakland, lid.
Young & Colburn, Pocoaiolce City, ltd, '
?<i- - Dnpiait El„ Lt, Co., Port Deposit, ltd.,
'Salisbury El. Lt.;: Co,, Salisbury, :.!d, :
ar.a'.t Rill El, [,t. & P, Co,, Snow' Hill,; Udt
Bodford El, Li. Co,r Bedford City, Va,
Charlotiville, Va,
Abingdon Nat or works,; Abingdon, Va..
Ro snobs El, LI, Co,, Roanojis, Va, ,
' ifytiMvills, 51, Lt. Co., YTytiisvills, Va,
:■ 5 St at i otic o
[ENCLOSURE]
LIST OF CA&! CENTRAL STATIONS IK HEi.' ENGLAND DISTRICT.;
Oi.Baratngton Elc, Lt.Co,,
Ludlov; Ufg„ Co. .
Mar lbo vouch Elo. Co.
Somersville Elc.Lt.Co,
Woburn Elc.Lt.Co,
Fall fountain Paper. Co.
: Rutland Mountain Paper C
Rutland Elc. Lt„ Co,
Gt. Barrington, Masi
Ludlow Maas'., •
Marlborough. Mass,.
Somerville; Mass,,
Woburn,'' Maua. , :
r> stations, '
• Bellows Falls, Vt,.
, Rutland, vt. '
2 stationa.
. Con. Elc.Lt.Co. {Munic)
Fai’mington Elo.Lt.06.
Presque' Isle Elc. l.t.Co.
Wo itbrool: Elo.Lt. Co.
Sanford Lt. 2: W. Co, .■
Skowhegan Elo. Lt.Co, ■ .
; Claresiont Elo.Lt. Co.
. haopnia Elo.Lt. Oo.
Peoplss Ed. Illg. & P, Co,
Portland Met
Farmington, -Me,
Presque Isle,,. Me. .
Westbrook . Mo.
Sanford .Me,
; Skowhegan- tie.:
. 6 stations ,
■ 2 stations,
Warwick , R.I.
I station,
IG Stations.
[ENCLOSURE]
LISI OF CASS CiNrSAi, Si’A DI0N3 IS PACIFIC COAST. DIS'i'ctIGC* /
Bsaaoti 31ao.t. ; Lt.: & a. ' Co;., Bans OU, Cala, ; :
■ ■ 1 Station.-
if
) il
[ENCLOSURE]
LIST OF CASH CENTRAL STATIONS IN PACIFIC UORTltft'EST DISTRICT,
Pacific XI a . Storage Co,, Grand Pass, Oro,
Albina Lt. & W. Co, , Albina, Oro,
Ashland El. Lt. & P, Co. , Ashland, prs.
I. a Ora id e Ed. El, CO. ,La Crando, Ore,
Oregon City Electric Light Co. , Pendleton Ore,
Pacific El. S. Co, , Grants Pass, Ore.
Pondloton Sloctrio Lt. Co. , Pendleton, Ore,
Goinos , Scio, Oro0
The Dalles £ J. Lt. Co., The Dalles. Oro,
t/nion El. Lt. Co. ,& P, Co. , Union, Oro.,
C, Weston & Co.,Palouoo City, Wash.
Colfax El. Lt. Co., Colfax, Wash,
Dayton El. Lt. & P. Co. .Dayton, Wash,
Ellensburg 21. Lt. & P. Co. , Ellensburg, Wash.
Fair Haven El. Lt. & 1C, Co. , Fairhaven, Wash.
Fort Toms end Si. Lt. Co. , Townsend, Wash.
Seattle El. Lt. Co. , Seattle, Wash.
Union El. Lt. & p. Co. , Uniol, Wash,
Snohoiiiah El. Lt. & P.- Co.", - Snohoiaiah, Wash.
Tacoma 21. Lt. & pa Co. , Tacoma, Wash.
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, Wash.
Walla Walla Gas a E. L. Co. , Walla Walla. Wash.
Puyallup, Lt. Ht. HP . Co. , Puyallup, Wash. :
Rani or, Power & r.y. Co. , Seattle, Wash,
Capital 21 jc trie Li. Co., Joist
Capital -Electric Lt. Co. . Boise City, Idaho,
Idaho Elec. Supply Co. Bailey ’
Pocatollo El. Lt. Co. ; Pocatollo, Idaho.
Tndependonce W. & S. 1,. Cr,, Independence, Ore.
stations
2070^
20071
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
EDISON BUILDING-BROAO STREET
LIST OF CASH CIiliTUAL STATIONS IN KOCSW UOUHTAIH DISTRICT,
Tfaltai' 3, yon Rinhthofor, Uontclair, ’ Colon 540
.Taroas 3, Frank, Almona, Colo,, jj/jq
Denver Conn. El* Co,, (Hunioj Denver, Colo, 2000
Golden I llg. Co,, Golden, Colo, 000
Idaho Springs EL. Lt. Co, , "d ho Springs. Colo. -450
Lead ,. Us II, Lt, 4 P, Co,, . Leadville. Colo. . 1000
Monto Vista 'Sit Gas Lt. Co. 4 Honts Vista, Colo., 4S0
C. IT Corbin, Rico, Colo. 30o
Salida Id. El.. Lt. Co„, Salida Colo. 750
Silvarion El, Li. « P„ Co. , Silvarton, CoJ.o. 540
Tsllurido El.; Lt, & P. Co. , TelluridoV . Colo. ^ 450
TJalsenburg Zl. Lt, Co,., Walssnburg, Colo, 450
Part 01 -.7 21, Lt,. , H & P, Co, . Parle City. Utah. 750
Svruiuton El.. Lt, 03, _ Evanston., '.Yyo„ 755
' ■ 'all' El Lt. C". „ Gre..t Falls, Jloat. . .- ’ 720
Ed. H Co of Albuquerque. Albuqu-rquov New Hex, 720
Raton 21, Ltg. Co„, Raton. N. U 300
17 stations , 13250
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
LIST OF CASH CM1THAL si’ATrOHS . IK' TIE spUTI-ETOJ SiSTniCT.
't„ ,Co„5 Coryus Christ!. Tex, ' ' .720
Corpus Chris ti El»
Corsicana El» 14,
. DalXiw Si, u; &.P. Co, /Dallas,*'
Citjr of .Tort, irorthyfHunjo') 'f.-r.taa
Laredo El. it,. Co. • Laredo, .Tor.,
Edison. Si, .it. -Co, ; Palestine,. To
Victoria El„ Lt. ,1 Ice Co.,. Viet
Y/cathorford Mater, Lt, a.ldi Co.,
Asheville it. If, Co„ , Ashvills ,, 11, C
•Concord El, it. Co. . Concord,. II, C.
Winton ill, it, 4 l5otos- P, Co. , /-Wilton,:.
.stations
.3000
; iMiison El. Lt. &P, Co. , Little Rool:,' Ark,
Cordele, Ga„ ' ;
Albany 21, Illg, Co, Albany, Ga>v ■
Ulount «, Dickinson, 3ainbridgs,Ga
Via- Orange Mills, La Orange, Oaf ’
;0. F, Ouac.’tenbush, Tallapoosa, Ga,
D„ ,?„ Vest, Montgomery, Ala.
Piedmont - Land & Improvement Co. t Piedmont.: A
Ala,:
Greenville El, Lt„ a P„ Co. , Greenville, Miss.
CO stations.,
[ENCLOSURE]
ililTUa' STATUS AID CANADA.
Koc'J:y Kountain District,
Pacsifi.y Northwest District;
Pacific Coact District
Canadian District; .
17 Stations
27 Stations,
I Station;
12 Stations;
224 Stations,
13.. I OS Ivin
17,225 lac-in,
13,250 lamps,
20,071 lamps.
180 lamps,
12,880 lamps c'
184,758 lamps, :
Pacific Northwest District, I Station,
20 arc lamps.
[ENCLOSURE]
Sms* A
December 15th, luPO.
A . O.Tate ,Ssq . , Private Secretary,
Kdison's .laboratory, flranpju , K. ,7 .
Hoar Sir:-
T have yo.irs of the lfefe enclosing latter addressed >o
Vr.Kdison by Professor Faria, which T return yo^ herewith,
T atri very /sorry irid'ood that you should have written stat-
inp tha* T air in favor of,payinr: Prof. Farls. In irakinfj that
/
siauameru. to Vr .Edison,/ simpj.y expressed my personal opinion,
fr.'nilard has always/been opposed to makirp such a payrmnt ,so I
hava under/tood ,and' T do not want to be put in the position of
disaproe yrr with ./the views of my superior officer.
/
; truly
Second vie a -President
Office of the Edison General Electric Co.
Edison Building, 42 Broad Street,
New York, December 17, 1890.
Dear Sir:
Referring to the following Notices of the Regular Annual Meeting, and of
a Special Meeting, of the Stockholders of this Company, to be held respectively
at noon and at 2 P. M., on the 19th day of January, 1891, if you are unable
to attend in person, will you please sign and return to me in the enclosed
envelope, the two Proxies sent herewith, as a full vote is required.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
A. MARCUS,
Secretary.
Office of the Edison General Electric Co.
Edison Building, 42 Broad Street,
New York, December 17th, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the By-Laws of the Company, the Annual Meeting of
the stockholders of the Edison General Electric Company will be held at the office of the Company,
Edison Building, 42 Broad Street, New York, at noon on Monday, January 19th, 1891, for the purpose
of electing Trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting, including the question of ratifying the action of the Board of Trustees in declaring
a dividend on the stock held in trust by The Farmers Loan and Trust Company, and dissolving
said trust.
The transfer books will be closed at 3 P. M. on December 29th, 1890, and reopened on
February 3d, 1891.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
A. MARCUS, Secretary.
Office of the Edison General Electric Co.
Edison Building, 42 Broad Street,
New York, December 17th, 1890.
A special meeting of the stockholders of the Edison General Electric Company will be held on
the 19th day of January, 1891, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, at the office of the Company,
Edison Building, 42 Broad Street, New York, for the purpose of voting upon a proposition to increase
its capital stock from twelve million dollars, consisting of one hundred and twenty thousand shares
of the par value of one hundred dollars each, to fifteen million dollars, to consist of one hundred and
fifty thousand shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each.
HENRY VILLARD, J. HOOD WRIGHT,
J. H. HERRICK, F. S. SMITHERS,
C. H. COSTER, SAMUEL INSULL,
A majority of the Board of Trustees.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
* EDISON BUILDING-BROAO STREET
Y/SC ■
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
. Nev/ Jersey.
Dear Sir:- ..
I find that the Thomson-Houston people are of-
. ferine to sell an entirely new equipment for next season’s delivery.
They are putting out a motor of much lower speed dispensing 'with
the intermediate gear, and I believe that it is a very much larger
motor than heretofore sold, and consequently. they are able to dis¬
pense with the second motor and only use one motor on a car* They
have taken quite a large number of contracts for next season, and
if we were in a position to offer your new motor for next seasoffs
delivery , I am sure that we could head than off on a good many
.of the contracts they are now endeavoring to obtain, and- which it
is hopeless for us to expect to get Yfith our present apparatus. The
changes made after Mr. Kruesi and Mr. Henderson talking with you,
have resulted in our receiving fewer complaints from our customers;
but still the reputation v/hich the Sprague apparatus received last
season sticks to it, and it is important as a matter of business '
thatY/o should be able to offer something new for next seasoift
^.delivery. I would be glad to hear from you ut y air early convenienoi
Decerrber 22nd, 1890.
as-fc how soon you will be able to turn over to us a complote motor
and truck •
Second Vice President.
P. s.
Kermelly told me at tho Laboratory yesterday that as scon
as the truck was ready at Schenectady you would go there agair^and
proceed with van- experiments- upon, the combination motor and truck,
and 1 have written to Mr. Kruesi to this effect today, and have
urged him to hurry as much as possible the constmction of the
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COWANY
EDISON BUILDING-BROAD STREET
Enclosing Circular. Letter. to
District Managers, No .41,
jCOt/L '
7/
December .31, 1890.:-
Mr.- Thomas A. -Edison,
Orange, N. J.-
Dear Sir.,-'
We send herewith, for your information, a. copy of our Ciroular
Letter to Dostriot Managers, No. v41, I.- Dl; on the subject of the distribution
of Inoandesoend Lighting Plants in the United States and Canada on .Deoember l,.'9i
lfou£s truly.,
neral Manager.,
Intelligence Department,
1: L
Dictated by
H Enclosures.-
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENEF|A|- fLpeTR|C COMPANY
- EDISON Bll|).R|NG-BRQAP STREET
'NEW YORK
• CIRCULAR • LSTT4R' TO DISTRICT MANAGES, No. *i, I. [j.
December 89, V 1890: ■
. Diir Sir,--
We transmit, herewith statement of the distribution by Districts
of Incandescent Lighting Plants [both in use and under contract] in the United
States and Canada, upon December Is t,: 1C10. Kindly ac. otvledge rebelptf'. k;^;'
fours truly,
^4fUHlA^^vcat General Manager.,
:.elli'genoe Department,.
Dictated by
Intelligence Dept.
1890. Electric Light - Edison General Electric Company -
Lamp Works (D-90-34)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Lamp Works of the Edison General Electric Co., formerly the
Edison Lamp Co. Some of the letters are by Francis R. Upton, general
manager. Included are documents pertaining to royalty disputes over lamp
sales and to alternating current lamps installed by competitors.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine business
correspondence relating to payroll and shipping records; letters of transmittal
and acknowledgement; other routine correspondence.
Related materials can be found in D-90-35 (Electric Light - Edison Lamp
Company.)
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO...
E D I SOft
LaMP V'/ORKS
HARRISON, N. J„. . Aug......2nd., _ i890
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Lai) orate
Orange, N. ,T,
Dear Sir : -
04
Your favor of the 31st ult., in regard to the detailed
statement of the transaction between ourselves and the Edison
Electric Light Go. of Europe, Limited, is duly received.
In reply we beg to state that, the balance arose in thjis
We had contracted, to pay certain royalties on lamps
sold in France, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Austria, Hungary and Den¬
mark to the above nam -d Company. As they wore shoit of money,
they requested us to advance then a certain amount. We gave
them our note for $5,000 in tfcie first place, and as the royalties
became duo v/e took up the old note and gave them a new note for
a lesser amount. Thus, you will see th t it was really money
advanced to the Company. When the business was takai over by
Mr. Dyer, who is to pay the royalty direct, there was a balance
of $285:;05 due to us. This is the amount of tin statanent, and
we enclose herewith a memorandum showing the sane.
A. 0. Tate, Esq., #2.
V/e should he much obliged ifvycu would kindly send us
a check in settlement as soon as you can, as we desire to close
this long pending matter.
Your favor of the 31st ult., stated that you enclosed
a check for $9.00 in payment of coupons numbers 135 and 130. Th
was no check enclosed. Should it not have been $9.50?
Yours truly,
EDISON OENERAL ELECTRIC 00.
LAMP WORKS.
joftlk
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON LAMP CO.,
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d&feU Q^uy, £
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Harrison, N, J„... . Aug, . I9~th-f . 1890
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find copy of a letter received from
Mr. Dyer as to some Berlin lamps he purchased :for^ us. We have
sent these lamps to the Laboratory, directed to Mr. Deshler.
We have requested Mr. Deshler to preserve these until you arepres-
ent, and not to open the barrel and case until you are there to
see the same done and see the lamps as they come out of the bbl.
mctauqn.
[ENCLOSURE]
COPY.
Aug. 5th, 1890
Edison Laiip Co.,
Harrison', N. J.
Dear Sirs:-
I shipped you on Saturday last by S. S. "Rhynland",
through Messrs. Perry & Ryer 1 bbl. and 2 cases contents as follows
Bbl. # 7215 - 50 - 16 C.P. 110 volt Berlin lamps.
Case #67 25 - 16 C.P. 100 volt Swedish lamps.
Case # 68 25 - 16 C.P. 105 volt prush lamps.
Wishing you a safe reoeipt , I am Dear Sirs,
Yours very truly,
P. S. Dyer, Agent.
1890. Electric Light - Edison Lamp Company (D-90-35)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Lamp Co. through July 1890, when it became a
department of the Edison General Electric Co. Included are letters pertaining
to the introduction of 20-candlepower lamps, the problems of defective lamps,
and other technical matters. There are also cost sheets and production and
payroll statistics. Most of the correspondence is by Francis R. Upton, general
manager and treasurer, and by William H. Meadowcroft, secretary to Mr.
Upton.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine business
correspondence relating to advertising, financial, and shipping matters; letters
of transmittal and acknowledgement; meeting announcements.
Related material can be found in D-90-34 (Edison General Electric
Company - Lamp Works).
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
•yl£w l/c-r/yl&n. 2lst. 1890
Edison Electric Lamp Company,
A. 0. Tate Esq. , Secretary,
Dear Sir:-
Ro plying to your inquiry of yesterday, I beg to say
that the Annual Meeting of stockholders should be held just the
same as ever. There has been no consolida'tion. All that has
happened is that shares of stock have changSd’-hafids •• In the eye
of the law, the Company exists just the same as ever, and the Annual
Meeting should bo held accordingly. In your official capacity,
you know nothing of any deal with the General Company.
Hoping the above answers: your question, I remain.
, , ,, , ^ <Tl JUsf ^'7 FRANCIS R. UPTON, GmX MW. ... T..M,
^■yyy * ' ^|(. « y //(r ? .?
EDISOlf LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. J . Jajuary...52nd.r..1880
(7 . A
^ aM>'
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Secretary,
Edison Lamp Do.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed we beg to hand you anv!'ls’ignment of an appli-
'■J
cation for patent on improvement in lamp sockets from the Lanp Co.
to Bergmann & Co. This invention is simply making a saw cut in
the inner shell of the socket so as to keep the lamp from dropping
out by reason of vibKation. The General Co. thought that this
should be owned by Bergmann & Co., and they have instructed us
therefore, to make an assignment of the application accordingly.
Will you kindly have Mr. Edison sign the document as
President and return the same to us after you have signed as
Secretary.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
By
ft (A.
General Manager.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
Harrison, N, J„... Ja.HHa-ry-.S4th-, . ■1890
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Laboratory, Orange, N..T.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. William J. Hammer, refuses to allow his collection
of lamps to be used for the best interest of the Edison Company.
We therefore desiire that in future you will not allow him to have
any lamps of any kind ttmrt his collection, as by giving them to
him you place them out of our reach.
Yours truly.
General Manager.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. J. Ja-Htt-ffiPy- -SSth-j . "1930
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Seoretaiy,.
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 27th inst. enclosing" assignment of
application for patent of James J. Bradley from the Edison Lamp
Co. to Bergmann & Co., executed by Mr. Edison as President, and
yourself as Secretary, has been duly received, and we beg' to
thank you therefor.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
By
General Manager
and Treasurer.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
Harrison, N. j . Janu-ai>y~-S8irh-,- .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
V/e have a letter from Mr. Wilson S. Howell? who has been
making an examination of the Denver Consolidated Co's plant. It
may be interesting to you to read the following extract from Mr.
Howell's letter
"Mr. Sterling (Electrician) reports that the cut out
in the lamp has never failed to work, and that they have
“never' had an open circuit from failure of cut outs."
/f \KJ
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v! /
’ Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
EDISON LAMP COMPANY,
Harrison, N. J,, February 1, 1890.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N, J.
Dear Sir:- .
I beg to advise you that 'at a meeting of the stock¬
holders of this Company, held at the Laboratory of Mr. Thomas A.
Edison, on Tuesday 28fch day of January, 1890, you were duly
elected a Director to serve for the ensuirg year. PLease signify
your willingness to serve as indicated above.
Edison Lamp Company.
Harrison, N. J.,
l JrO.JaXL, Sf, de-c^JeJI/ ■
O-^XlM^ctuo cm* ,
0><Ua.£X , H . ^ >
JiiAsjdLj &oK 7hnr. ^a-xJCc <m_/ 'tf-Coo-Ss
QAJUtskj ‘TT'-Ct-A/UcLX Bt-u^dj ~AjjL/kJ CLO ~Kl, KAA.d-J
fyxoJ Ou -IK trrtt-iA-/j'^-’ faeUA-t^t^cohlirn Q/ocAsdtudi.
TX-OXAS- W\. -dA-A-AJ
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Cbcooo- hu£j,
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. J.,...Eehiuia.iy.....21s.t,..-l890
Thomas A Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. ;L Wilson S. Have lT*
who has recently visited the plant at Rochester, N.Y . He re¬
ports that the life of the Municipal laijips in that plant has
averaged over 1800 hours for 12 months past. We think you will
be interested in learning of this fact.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
By
General Manager.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON. N. J.-’/Bi'ci.lUh, . ifflO
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secretary,
Laboratory of T. A. Edison, Esq.,
Oran.-e, M.J.
Dear Sir:-
In regard to the transfer of one share of stock to the
name of J.P.Ord in order to qualify him as director of the Lamp Co
I beg to state that I have signed this certificate as Treasurer.
The .Stock Book is at the office of Mr. Edes 6th floor of the. Mills
Building in New York. The Certificate of stock above referred to
should be signed by Mr. Edison as President aid you should arrangi
with Mr. Edes either to have the book sent out to Orange or that
Mr. Edison should call in at the above office when he is next in
New Yoi’k.
This certificate will also require the seal of the Co.
which should be affixed by you as Secretary.
THOMAS -
EDISON LAMP CO.,
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
HARRISON, N. J.,-44ar.eh._2Qth., _ 18890
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Laboratory of T. A. Ediscn,
Orarge, MN.J.
Dear Sir:- y?*
Replying to your t&vopstft the 18th inst., we hope to
be able to send you shipment from China in about ten days.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. J.,.f/arch...31.st-., . 1800
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secretary, ^
Laboratory of T. A. Edison, #
Orarge, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
V/e have received from you two bills against us for
lamp experiments and carbon filament experiments for the month
of January 1890, amounting to $1,630.28.
The largest items in these bills are for Pay Roll, and
we would^that you will kindly give us a more detailed statement
in regard to those items, so that we may see what division should
be made, in our accounts.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
. V/ HARRISON. N. J.,.MaE.e]l,„31sfc, . ig90
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Laboratory, Orange, N..T.
Dear Rir:-
In regard to the combination lamp plug which will
enable us to fit the sockets of other m deers, I have asked the
opinion of Dyer & Seeley as to whether it is patentable. They
report that they think a valid claim could be obtained for the sane
If y/ewcan get a patent on this, we can probably have
a clause inserted into the government specifications that all
incandescent lamps supplied to the government shall have combina¬
tion plugs. This would give us a tremendous advantage, and you
will perhaps agree with me that it would be a good thing to take
out a patent upon the combination base.
If you are of the same opinion will you please have
instructions given for patent to be taken out in your name.
Yours truly,
■**■■*!> •
1 i,‘ ' <P ' V
^ t > ,rr v ^
General Manager
EDISON LAMP CO.,
PHONOGRAPH. DICTATION. HARRISON, N. J„ . .Apr.il....3rd.,, . 18 90
A. 0. Tats, Esq., Private Secretary,
Laboratory of T. A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 2nd inst. in regard to the pumps for
the Duke of Marlborough is duly received. I remanber seme talk
on this subject over the telephone a year ago last ..February, and
not last February as stated in your letter. Sb'far as I recall
there was nothing very definite about our telephone conversation
at that time.
We will have the six mercury pumps packed at once and
as soon as they are ready will arrange to send them on the steam¬
er, and will let you know ^T~soqrf as we can do so.
EDISON LAMP CO.
DluA'UON.
HARRISON, N. . 1890
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Laboratory, Orange, M.J.
Dear Sir:-
We are in receipt of your favor of the 4th inst. , in
regard to the patenting of the Combination Lamp Plug, and we note
that you have instructed Dyer k Seely to obtain a patent if pos¬
sible on this device.
It seems to me that it would be desirable to obtain
this combination base also in England, Germany and France, as I
think it would be a good thing to hold the patents for these bases
in those countries.
\ Yours truly,
q.?\ EDI SOB LAMP CO.
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EDISON LAMP CO.,
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A. 0. Tate, Esq. , Private Recretaiy,
Laboratory of T. A. Edison,
Orangey N..T.
Dear Sir:-
We beg to inform you that a case containing Six (6)
Mercury Pumps has been shipped to the Duke of Marlborough, London
and will bo forwarded to him by the steamer “Brittanic" which
sails on Wednesday of this week, all charges being paid through.
This notification is sent you accordirg to your request.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. J„May._15.th^...l8S.Ql88
Thomas A, Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 9th inst. is received to day, and we
beg to state in regard to the bill which was entered for the six
mercury pumps shipped to the Duke of Marlborough that we have
withdrawn the same in accordance with your request.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
PHOWJQ&APR dictation. JMUu. ,
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. J., — lIay...R£l.tIi1
A. 0, Tate, Esq., Secretary,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, II. J.
Dear Sir:-
Vfil 1 you kindly give us the following information,
namely, the date of the Certificate of the Incorporation of the
Edison Lamp Co. Wo also desire to know about the date when
business was actually commenced by them.
Will you please let us have this information by
return mail and oblige.
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO,
EDISON
LAMP CO., ^ ^
HARRISON, N. J.,...May....2<i.th.,..
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Thomas A. Edison. Esq., •"'>
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Dear Sir:- *'>'>'• ,*>• ■7j-,\
In view of our roooht conversation in regard to 20 O.P,
lamps, the quotation below from a letter of Mr. E. S. Gorton of
the Chicago Co. may be of interest to you. You will see that
some of the stations want oven lower than 16 O.P. lamps. Mr.
Gorton lias been especially pressing for 10 C.P. lamps for over
a 'rear.
“Now about the matter of 10 C.P. lamps . We are ready to
"take on one customer with 1000 lamps as soonsas we can
"get them. In the meantime, we are only getting 5/8 of
"a cent from the Western Union, because we contracted to
"light them for 10 C.P. lamps, and they vail only pay for
"10 C. P."
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Yours truly,
General Manager,
JpBONOSRAPH DICTATION.
8/Nj
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, n. J.,....Juna....3.nl, . is 90
T. A. Edison, Esq ,,
Orange ,N. J.
Dear S ir : -
We beg i,o acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 2nd
inst., enclosing your orriginal copy of the agreement between you,
Edison Lamp Co. , and the Edison Electric Light Co., dated November
25th 1887, for which please accept our thanks. We have had a
copy of the same made for our files and beg to return the orfiginal
herewith to you.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
'Mice .
PHONOGRAPH dictation.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON. N. J... . .Iims Sih, _ 1800
A. 0. Tate, Esq,,
Laboratory of T. A. Edison,
Orange, N, J.
Dear Sir:-
This will introduce to you Mr. H. Rosenthal who has
charge of our department of statistics. He desires to examine
your files of older Electrical ^Journals for the purpose of vary-
fying such facts as we have already collected, with % special
reference to the time of installation of some of the plants of
opposition companies.
We beg to ask that you will afford him facilities for so
doing in Mr. Edison's Laboratory , and oblige.
| / Yours very truly,
\ / EDISON LAMP CO.
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PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. j„ . JunaJLlih, . -1890
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Oran-Q, N. J.
Dsar Sir:-
Ref erring to your letter to mo as to using 20 O.P. as
the unit in place of 16, I bog to state that I submitted question
to Mr. Marks and Mr. Edgar. Enclosed you v/ill find copy of
letter I have received from Mr. Marks on the subject.
/a/
Yours truly,
General Manager.
[ENCLOSURE]
Copy.
Philadelphia, Pa. June 10th, 1890.
My dear Sir:-
As you perhaps have noticed from my order of May 21st,,
for 20 candle power lamps,- I had already for other reasons de¬
cided to use 20 candle power in place of 16 candle power lamps.
The Pennsylvania Railroad of its own motion has dediddd to
use 32 candle power where it hitherto has used 16 candle power
lamps .
I note that our good customers demand brilliant illumination,
never less than 16, and by using 20 candle power lamps we can
drop 3 or 4 volts where wiring in building is too light, ( as is
too frequently the case), and still give perfect satisfaction.
To lengthen fibre so as to convert 16 candle power lamps
into 20 candle power, would require that the volts atvlamps be
137^ volts. Our dynamos at 410 revolutions give 120 volts, am I
have no doubt that at 500 revolutions we could get X50 volts or
more, and I would not hesitate to stick our engines up to 250
revolutions which is all that is needed to get 500 revolutions at
dynamos.
1 would like to make the change, but how to domit without
losing largely on the 38000 lamps now in sockets is a matter that
as a stock-holder makes dividend paying a controlling consideration
[ENCLOSURE]
You see the gap between 1X2 volts art 137^ volts is a long
one. Y/e might get there by a series of hitches covering say 12
months.
I do not think our customers would reduce the number of
their sockets, but we could with the same machinery sell 25*
more light and also more power,
I am delighted at the way in ahich we have made friends
of our consumers in this staid old City, and X would believe myself
able to run gas out altogether had I another million dollars,
and make money while so doing. Rut this is foreign to your in¬
quiry.
I return herewith Mr. Edison's letter feeling that in some
instructive way he is as usual ahead, and shall be only too glad
to follow as rapidly as controlling financial limitations will
permit,
I am,
Most truly yours,
William D. Marks.
To Mr. F. R. Upton.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
HARRISON, N. J . -Jun& -14th-, - 1890
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Referring again to the matter of using 20 C.P. as the
unit in place of 16, I beg to enclose you here wit copy of a
letter received from Mr. Edgar on the subjedt.
Yours truly.
General Manager.
[ENCLOSURE]
COPY.
Boston, June 12th, 1890
My dear Mr. Upton,
I am in receipt of your letter enclosing copy of one
from Mr. Edison.
i can-net say that I agree with him as to making ti e 20
G.P. oamp the standard. There are a great numberof places where
even yet a 10 G.P. lamp is all the ligit required, and if it is
being sold by meter it is hard to persuade people to put in 16s
when they need only the light from 10’s. If the 20 C.P. lamp was
the standard this would bo still more noticeable.
As to the question of increasing the voltage to 130, I
think that unless there were to be very great advantages derived
from this that it would not be advisable to irake this change.
In all existing plants dynamos are made either for only
125 or 140 voltw; all the different manufactures of motors in the
United States are ma e on the basis of 110 or 220 volts. A change
to 130 would make a very great deal of difference to these compa¬
nies which would not be balanced by the benefits to be derived.
Iri starting nav stations, however, the only disadvantge would be
in using existing makes of motors. In this case it might pay
to make the change.
Yours truly,
C. J. Edgar, Oen'l Manager.
EDISON LAMP CO.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Mr. Edison:-
We ha vo three phonographs used in the facto ly here.
During the past week we had these phonographs changed for new
ones. We noteJj that the new ones are a very great improvement-
on those that we had before. We are informed that this is the
latest design from the Phonograph Oo.
We find that the new ones satfe us a great deal of time
from the fact that the operator on the type-writer is enabled to
understand with little attention what is said. These phono¬
graphs talk so loud that without any tube or trumpet we are
enabled to hear it all over the office in many cases.
Yours very truly,
General Manager.
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
. Dear Mr. Tate:-
*• ; ■ Have you not made a mistake about this? I be¬
lieve -there are five Directors in the Lamp Co®, viz,: Messrs,
. Upton, Insull, Ord, Batchelor aid Edison. Prior to Mr. Ord's
i election, was'ftiere not a resignation? Three constitute a quo¬
rum;, but your Minutes show -that onlyitwo were present®
Had you not better revise fliese Minutes and said -them
to me ggainv
Very tiu ly yours ,
S. B. Eaton per C.-
July 1st., 1890®
[ENCLOSURE]
Dear Siri-
I enclose herewith draft of Minutes of the lamp Co.,
covering meeting held April 15th last, at Orange, N* J'*, to pro¬
vide for the payment to the Deutsche Bank'. Will you please have
these written up in the Minute Book of the lamp Company, after
which kindly return the Minute Book to me for my signature1*
Secretary.
Yours truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
A moot Ana of t,he Hoard of Directors
EDISON , LAMP COMPANY
b hold at Orange, 'US* Tuesday, April 13th. at 3 o'clock, P.ii
PRESENT} Messrs. Instill, Edition i
^rouo-ntod-'the-*rooiannH.T>n-of-*^t*'rW'{ii»r,Ijt,vcv'r'
a^uutHM»tw<MJ~t«_nrr ,T,jyorf
Mr. In mill stated that financial arrangement b, by which
• the Imuinosa of this Coupaiiiy would bo largely increased khd bonc-
fltted, had boon made with the Deutsche Bank' and others,' and that
it who for the boat interests of this (,‘omp .any that such urrange-
montc should bo made. Whereupon, on motion duly seconded, it was
RESOLVED, that this company pay to the Deutsche Bank
and others as a consideration for carrying out ouch ’
arrangements the sum of $30,000.
Upon motion duly seconded J,t was unanimously
RESOLVED, That the of floors of this Company be, and
they are hereby authorized to oxooute and dolivor a
[ENCLOSURE]
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letter in tho following form:
"To Deutsche Bank and others •
"Deer Sirs!-
In consideration of tho general financial
arrnnganontB wade by you for the p roroot ion or tho Edison business,
and In view of tho benefits coming therefrom, tho undersigned 1
have agreed to pay you a cash oommi uaion and now hand yovj same,
as follows:
Edison lamp' Company - - - - — -§30, 000.
Yours very truly,
ED I SQM LAMP COMPANY,
On motion, duly
<’ndod, tho meeting
then adjourned.
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The two # XO Edison dy^ianta s'i^#48 . ,/1, ) have been in
use for about 5 l/2 years and for \jjo past/2 l/2 years have been
run 24 hours every day, part of the time At an overload. They
have cost but 50 cents for repairs duri/hg that time and have given
no trouble.
The average life of lampfs at Chisago '-station for first
fivo months was 684 hours each monfch showing life as follows :
Jan. 587, Feb 542, March 677, April Vl9, May 894| These results
5 from ampere readings with current sefry^d y/ motors deducted
therefrom. The lowest lifr was in August 1889 394 hours.
Chicago Co. reports that their lamps do not blacken
but a^e remarkably clear and bright. The contrast between the
Edison and infringing lamps being very great in this respect-.
1890. Electric Light - Foreign - General (D-90-36)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
electric light business in various foreign countries. Much of the
correspondence is by A. Arango, general manager and treasurer of the Edison
Spanish Colonial Light Co., and by Sherburne B. Eaton and Charles F. Stone,
Edison’s attorneys. Several letters relate to the reorganization of the board
of directors of the Spanish Colonial company and to Edison’s retirement as
its president. Other documents concern the discontinuance of various patents
held by the Compagnie Continentale Edison. There is also a letter from
Johann Fessenko, mayor of Charkow, Russia, about the introduction of
electric lighting in that city. A 4-page report of the Tokyo Electric Light Co.
describes that company’s role in electric lighting in Japan.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence regarding patent assignments; proxies, ballots, and meeting
announcements for the Edison Spanish Colonial Light Co.; items that
duplicate the information found in selected material.
r/, //-.s^ov-p +
I enclose annual report of Ed. Spanish Col.
lit. Co. for 1889 and a letter from Mr. Navarro's office showing
amount of debt.
You may remember that it was arranged that Mr. Navarro being
substantially the only creditor of the Company was to settle his
account by taking the increased stock, 410 shares, not yet issued.
I understand the Havana El. Lt . Co. scheme has substantially
failed; but am told that other arrangements are in view.
Please sign and swear to enclosed and return it to me this
week .
Yours verjf truly,
dip
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Referring t-o^Mf* Tate'h letter of tho 8th. inst.,
in^-whieh"Ke;..eno:Ias'ea a letter fr'bii the dohtinental Company infonn-
ing;. thet. latter Company had decided to drop the following
patents'.;
Belgium^Set 7— Dynamo a,
" * 15 — Meters.
* * 23 — Dynamos.
rf " 32— Meters.
Spa&p. " 19— Distribution.
itt* Set ll— Dynamos , in Eraftbe^a.tria.BblgiimtySpai#,
I beg to- give- yoa- the- following informatiartf ^
Beigf^r sat $ oWem the ou&jeet matter Of the
ing totters Patent of t-life' ttjtifd StatO&f fttteitt asMl?,
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patent was July 15'th, ,1881.
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No* 2 6% 64?, granted ‘-SepU 19th. ,18*82; hnd applidfetion No. 342,
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Dear Sir;-
Not having heard from you and
wishing to establish the formality X want to have in any business
I am managing, by the proper reorganization of the Board of Dlrec-
tors, I take the liberty of reminding you that the meeting will
take place for that purpose after I receive the withdraw!-, of the
resignation from Mr. Edison.
Besides the conversation I had with you, please call the
attention of ?'r. Edison to the following reasons why he ought to
withdraw his resignation and continue giving the prestige of his
name as President of this Company.
l8t.-He has been the President these many years when the
business of the Company was neglected and there was nothing doing.
2nd. -It is unjust to me , now that I have resuscitated the
business of the Company, and its affairs are conducted with the
utmost activity and in a thorough business way, to throw a damp¬
er on its credit by his resignation. -
3rd. -Mr. Edison’s resignation will not only damage the af¬
fairs of the Company,
also hii
interest in the same
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shareholder .
'' 4th -There is not the least liability against the Trustees
of this Company, since the only debt there is now will be cancell¬
ed by the stock accorded to be isued and there will be a balance
in its favor consisting of the stock of electrical gpodB at Hava¬
na-
Ho debts can be incurred, sineo even my salary as manager is
to be paid out of the earnings of the business which is carried
strictly on a caBh basis. -
As Mr. St one deolines to act as THrector, I would suggest
that you would replace him, and thereby Mr. Rdison, who on acc¬
ount of his many occupations may not be able to attend to the
meetings, would satisfy himself that he has acted right in con¬
tinuing as President of this Company.
Hoping to hear from you favorably, I remain Dear Sir,
s. Yours very truly.
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contents of your favor of 12th. Inst. Just received, and in order
not to be absent when you call at this office, please let me
know at what time you will do so. Generally I am in this office
from eleven to one o'clock and if agreable I shall wait for you
on Saturday and will have the pleasure to have you accompany
me to lunch.
Yours very truly.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Mtrt/( EQUITABLE BUILDING)
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Orange , N. J,
Dear Sir; ^ ^ C. . ^
In reply to your letter of the 12th inst . , requesting
certain information with regard to the device covered by Italian
Patent,, Set 11, for the purpose of transmitting the same to the
Compagnie Continentals Edison in compliance with a request con¬
tained in their letter of the 27th ulto. to the Edison Electric
Light Co., of Europe, limited, I beg to say that the device which
EdlSOn C°nSiderS importan+' oovered by said Italian Patent, set
11 is the dynamo electric machine covered by U. s. Letters Patent
Ho. 263,14.0.
I return herewith the letter from the Continentals 00/
to the Edison Electric Light Co., of Europe, Limited, infomning you
of the intention of the Italian C0. to continue the said Italian
Patent, Set 11, which you enclosed me in your letter of the I2th.
Hoping the above will afford you all the information nec¬
essary to answer the inquiries of the Continental Co.., I remain,
Very truly yours,
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS
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A. 0. Tate Esq., _ _ Jff?o
Dear sir:-
In answer to your letter of the 2Sth, Tilt.,
enclosing to me proposed assignment of patents fran Mr. Edison
to the Australasian Electric Light Power and Storage Company, Lim¬
ited, and asking my opinion as to the propriety of Mr. Edison's
signing thesame, I beg to state that 1 have examined the pro¬
posed assignment and the papers accompanying the same and also
Mr. Edison's agreement with Edison's Indian and Colonial Electric
Company, Limited, dated torch 1st., 1883, and am of the opinion
Jhat it is perfectly gropur for Mr. Edison to execute the assign¬
ment in the form proposed if the patents named in the schedule
thereunto annexed have ever been granted, which of course I
am unable to determine, but assume that they have. By the afore¬
said agreement of March 1st., 1883, Mr. Edison conveyed all his
patent rights relating to electric lighting in the colonies of Now
Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, gouth Australia,
West Australia, Tasmania, Natal, Cape of Good Hope, and South Africa
and in India and Coylon to the said Edison's Indian and Colonial
Electric, Company, Limited, and covenanted to convey similar rights
for improvements and inventions relating to the application of
electricity, lighting, heating or motive agent which he might make
during the period of five years from June 12th., 1882. The Aus¬
tralasian Electric Light Power and Storage Company, Limited,
has succeeded to the rights of Edison's Indian and Colonial Elec¬
tric Company, Lirai ted , in the countries named in the proposed
assignment, and is therefore clearly entitled to an assignment
of the patents covered by the proposed assignment if they have
not been heretofore assigned, which does not appear to be the
case from the papers submitted to me.
I return you herewith all the papers sent me by you
to enable me to decide this question, the same being copy of the
aforesaid agreement between Edison and the .Indian and Colonial Co.
dated March,. 1st., 1883, copy of assignment of patents etc.',' dated
the day of ,1889, and copy of proposed assignment
to be executed by Mr. Edison. Before having the same executed
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thereto carefully for the purpose of seeing that the patents in¬
cluded therein are accurately described, this being something
which I of course am unable to do, not having the necessary inform¬
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Haw York City, Deoembor 27, 1890.
Edison General Elootrio Company,
Samuel Insull, Etsq,, Second Viee-Prosidont .
Dear SirS-
Re Complaint of Italian Company. Referring to
your favor of the 3rd inst . annexed hereto, and more par¬
ticularly to the annexed letter dated October 27, 1890,
from the Cie. Continentale Edison to the Edison Electric
Co. of Europe, Limited, of this City, I bog to report as
follows:
(1) My investigation of this matter has involved
the examination of every agreement and record relating to
the European business, which I can find, from the first and
fundamental Edison-Puskas-Bailey contract of May 2, 1879,
to date. Y/e have discovered altogether about three hun¬
dred separate documents, all of which have been read, be¬
sides about five hundred pages of Minutes of The Edison
Electric Light Company of Europe, Limited. But singularly
enough, the one document above all others which I want,
cannot be found, viz: the existing agreement between the
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Oie. Conti no nr, ala Edison and the Italian Company. I find
enough, however, to enable rno to dotsnnlno with reasonable
certainty , what tho rights of the Italian Company are.
(S) The substantial complaint of tho Italian Co. is
that dynamos, sockets and lamps, all of tho Edison type,
have been chipped by you from the United states into Italy,
and have been used there to equip an electric railroad at
Florence. This complaint is sot forth in detail in tho
papers annexed hereto. Tho Italian Company claims that
this action on your part infringes thoir rights, also that
they ought to be indemnified for this particular case, and
that hereafter all applications for Edison material to bo
used with electric railways, should be referred to them.
{3} What rights as to Edison inventions, lias the
Italian Co. aoquired? My answer is that they havo prob¬
ably acquired all rights which their parent Company, the
Cie. Oontinentale company, has over ticquirod, and from all
the information I can got, tny belief is that a certain con¬
tract of IJovombor ID, 18S1, between Hr. Edison, Tho Edison
Electric Light Company of Europe, Limited, and Messrs,
Purges and Leon, determines what inventions of Mr. Edison
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were acquirable by the Oio. Continental Edison, for eight
certain Continental countries, one of which is Italy. The
inventions thus acquirable are all those relating to elec¬
tric "light and motive power", theretofore made by Mr. .Edi¬
son, or thereafter made by him prior to November 15, 1886..
All said inventions made prior to that date, were acquired
without additional compensation. As rogards inventions’
made after that date, the said contract provides that all
new inventions of the same kind, made by Mr. Edison during
the next twelve years, that is t o say, prior to November 15,
1898, shall bo offered to the said Ole. Continentale Edison
"upon the same conditions offered by any other person or
Company" thorefor, and the said Ereneh Company is entitled
to fifteen dayB within which to declare whether it accepts
the offer or not. There is some doubt whether the date in
question is November 15 or November 25, and whether the
price to be paid for the said new inventions in the said
twelve years, is the "offered" price as aforesaid, or, on
the other hand, is such a prioe as may be mutually agreed
upon or fixed by arbitration in the event of disagreement.
The documents before me are not quite clear on these pointa
Special terms are made as to France, for improvements on
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lamps during this longest period, .but, for present purposes,
I shall pay no attention to them, beoause they do not af-
feot Italy.
As already stated, the kind of eleotrie inventions
covered by the above agreement, are those relating to
"light and motive power", and’ tho agreement includes the
right to manufacture, use and sell them. in the earlier
contracts between Mr. Edison and the French interests, the
inventions were described as relating to "light, heat and
power". In the fundamental contract mentioned above,
dated May 2, 1879, the words used are "lighting, power and
heating". But in the above mentioned oontraot of November
15 (including a certain other document bearing the date of
November 25), 1881, the word "heat" seems to have been
dropped. There is, however, nothing but the fact of the
omission to show that this v/aB intentional, and the prob¬
ability is that the inventions acquirable by tho said Oie.
Continentale Edison, embrace everything relating to elec¬
tric light and power, including heat.
(4) The rights acquirable by the Cie. Gontinentale
Edison being as set forth above, let us now take up the
other branch of our enquiry, namely, what rights has tho
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Italian do. acquired? Unfortimately , as already mention¬
ed, we can find no reliable copy of tiny Italian Co. con¬
tract, but there is little doubt that the Italian Company
acquired, probably in 1884, from the said Cio. Continentele
Edison, all of the Edison patents and inventions, at least,
which the said French Company then owned, relating to light
and motive power. Whether or not the Italian Company ac¬
quired Mr. Edison' e future inventions fiir the said twelve
years ending November 15, 1898, I am in doubt. That fact
can only be determined when v/e get copies of tho existing
agreement betv/een the French parent Conipany and the said
Italian Company. But there can bo little doubt that the
Italian Company actually acquired the exclusive right for
Italy, to all of Mr. Edison's inventions relating to Light
and motive power made prior to November 15, 1886.
(5)- Referring now to the specific complaint made
by the Italian Company as set forth in its statement of
October, 1890, annexed hereto, namely, that Edison dynamos ,
sockets and lamps have been shipped from here to Italy, the
question arises whether the specific dynamos, lamps and
sockets mentioned in the said oomplaint , are covered by the
inventions and patents 'which the Italian Gonpany probably
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acquired as aforesaid. l’o accurate answer oan be made to
this question without further facts, but it seems to mo
that the presumption is, and a strong one, that the said
articles are oovered by the patents and inventions owned by
the Italiun Oompany, and that in shipping those artioleB
to Italy, you have infringed the rights of that Oompany.
(6) Please note that the Italian Co. claims indem¬
nity for this particular infringement of their rights, and
also .insists that all future applications from Italy, for
Edison equipment, be referred to them. If they wish indem¬
nity, they Can proceed against the Florence & Fiesole Rail¬
way, in their own local Courts. Whether the said Railway
could then turn around and collect these damages from you
as' the vendors and shippers of the material in question, is
doubtful. However, the Italian Co. is probably not like¬
ly to ask for damages, if you make an apology and agree not
to repeat the offence.
As regards their demand that you should refer all
future applications for Edison equipment to them, I advise
that if you continue to attend to these applications your¬
self, yai will seriously complicate the situation. The
presumption is that the position taken by the Italian Oo.
1
is correct. That being so, you ought not to .'trifle with
it, certainly not until I am able by moans of the further
information which wo are in pursuit of, as mentioned above,
to state definitely just what your own rights and obliga¬
tions are.
(7) The above opinion is given with a reservation,
viz: that I may change it if fuot3 hereafter learned re¬
quire. In order to get at those facts, I suggest that a
letter bo written to the .French parent Company. Their let¬
ter of October 27, is addressed to Thu Edison Electric
Light Company of Europe, Limited, which is our European
Company in this City. Whether you wish the reply to pro¬
ceed from that Company or from yourself is a matter for you
to determine. I rather incline to the opinion that theere-
ply should be signed by that Company. I suggest that the
text of this said reply bo substantially as follows:
"Cie, Continentale Edison,
"Gentlemen:
"Referring to your valued favor of October
"27th, and to the complaint of the Italian Company
"enclosed therein, namely, that certain Edison' dyna-
"mos, lamps and sockets have been shipped from here
• "to Florence and are used there on the Fiesole elec-
"tric railway , wo beg to say that our examination of
"the questions involved in the complaint, has com¬
pelled uo to go through a largo number of doctunents
"and records relating to the contract obligations
"existing between Mr. Edison and his licensees or
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"grantcos in Europe, including yourselves and tho
"Italian Company. Ov/i ru; to the fact that, these doc¬
uments have bucorne scattered, duo to the ur range -
"cisnto existing between different parties in inter¬
est on this side of the water, it has required a
"long time for us to got them all together for exam*
"ination. V/e have at last, however, auooesdod in
"collecting every tiling accessible, but we regret to
"say that one or more of tho most important doou-
"montb oannot bo found. We refer to the agreements
"existing between you and tho Italian Company, wo
"have fatnd many references to certain “Statutes” of
"the Italian Company, but we huve not been able to
"find any complete or certified oopy of those stat¬
utes or agreements them solves .
"It is our desire to secure prompt and generous
"treatment for the Italian Comp any , but; wa are em-
"barrassed by our doubts as to whethor wo have cor-
"rect copies of tho existing agreements whereby the
"Italian Company lias acquired right and title to Mr.
"Edison's inventions. In this emergency, we regret
"to say that we must appeal to you. Accordingly, wo
"now write to ask you to at once forward to us exact
"copies of all oxisting agreements and statutes of
"every kind whereby the Italian Company has acquired
"any right's as to Mr. Edison's inventions and pat¬
ents, and we suggest that you forward us those doc-
"urasnts without translating them, so that wo raay rci-
"oeive tho various agreements and statutes in pre-
" cicely the same form and language, word for v/ord,
"as the originals. Will you also have tlwm certi¬
fied to by your Secretary, as being full and correct
"copies,
"It is our impression, judging from such ro-
" Gordo as wo have found hore, thut the complaint of
"the Italian Co. is juutifiod, and that they have
"probably not bean properly treated. But, as wc
"hnvo stated, wo cannot bo sure of this until wo
"have ujl the documents bo fora us. Should it than
"turn out that our present impression is correct,
"promp t stupa will be taken to protect the Italian
"Oo. ir. ito full rights.
"It occurs to us to add that it would faoili-
"tate our investigation, if you would prooure from
“the Italian Company and forward to us a statement
"of v/hat they oonsider thair legal position to be in
“this matter, and v/e v/ould bo very much gratified if
"they vjould recite at length and verbatim those
“parts of the statutes or agreements with you, upon
"which they roly. If they will kindly require
"their legal adviser to prepare for us, a statement
"of this kind, it will not only save- time hero, but
"will also prevent us from going astray, for you no
"doubt understand that inasmuch as the European bus¬
iness has been managed entirely by you, at Paris,
"vie have not kept close watch of it hore, and for
"that reason we are to a certain extent groping in
"the dark.
"Respectfully"
(8) Hoping you Y/ill bo satisfied with the recom¬
mendations made above, and regretting that I cannot as at
present advised, express a more definite opinion, I remain,
Very truly yours,
General Oounsel.
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1890. Electric Light - Foreign - United Kingdom (D-90-37)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the
Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co., Ltd. and other British light
companies. Most of the letters concern the efforts of the Edison & Swan
company to file a disclaimer of Edison’s British feeder patent. There is also
a letter from Rookes E. Crompton, a prominent British electrical engineer,
about his company’s electric lighting work. Some of the documents may be
partially illegible due to water damage.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine business
correspondence concerning catalogs; duplicate copies of selected items;
documents that duplicate information in selected material.
Dear Mr. EdisonJ-
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New York Oity, May 27th, 1890.
o
Introduced by letter from you, I wrote to learn how
they were getting along with their suit on the Feeder Patent. This
is their reply. It alarms me a little.
I suggest that you cable and ask them not to disclaim
until we have time to exchange letters. I am afraid that what they
may do will probably hurt us in ourusuit here.
Kindly return this letter, with a copy of your cable¬
gram, if you conclude to send one, I shall then write to them.
Please excuse printed signature.
S. B. Baton.
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Mr1* Edison desires you to give this your attention
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Re Feeder Suit. As you are already aware it is the in¬
tention of the Edison-Swan Bleotrie light Company, of I.ondon, to
file a further disclaimer of this patent, under the advice of their
counsel, Mr. Moulton and Sir Frederick Bramwell. I have received
from Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, Crist & Company copies of the pro¬
posed disclaimer and have submitted the same to Mr. Betts for an
opinion. After examining these papers, Mr. Betts has written me
that he should be sorry to have this disclaimer made as it would
practically concede that what we are here endeavoring to maintain
could not be maintained. Mr. Betts also wishes to ascertain upon
what evidence the English counsel base their opinion that it is
impossible to maintain the English patent in its present form.
In the light of these facts I suggest that you cable to
Major Page a request that if it. iB possible, he refrain from fil-
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! Dear Sirs:
6 Old Jeury, London, E. 0.
18th July, 1890.
EDISON & SWAN CO.
Feeder Patent.
j With reference to your letter of the 24th ult.
] we will endeavour to postpone the hearing of the appli-
I cation to disclaim here as long as possible, but fear it
j must come on in' about 3 months from now. The only means
j by which we could obtain further delay, would be by with¬
drawing the application, and paying the costs of all op¬
ponents which would be very heavy as the number of op¬
ponents is very large.
If you are able to bring your case to a hearing
in October, it is extremely probable that our application
will not then have been heard.
You may rely upon our doing all in our power to
meet Mr. Edison* s, and your wishes in the matter so far
as our Clients interest will permit.
Our reasms for advising the Company that the
Specification of the English Patent cannot be supported __
here: without further di sclaimer are briefly that all the
Experts whom we have consulted including particularly
• Sir Frederick Bramwell and Mr. Imary- (a leading Patent
Agent J consider that there are grave doubts whether the
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Invention was proper subject natter for a Patent here
except in So far as it claimed the feeding of distribut¬
ing mains at several different points by several separate
feeders either fran one central Station or from several.
Mr. Imray even doubts whether this limited claim can be
established.
The Experts express also doubts as to the nov¬
elty of the invention. We do not mean to say that there
are existing Specifications for the same, or analogous
inventions, or other direct prior publications, but the
earlier claims are for such simple devices that it is
difficult to believe that prior user of some part of the
invention therein claimed could not be put forward.
Figures 8 and 9 for instance seem to shew the
mode of connection which ary one would naturally adopt.
In Figure 8, two main leads branch each into two lamp
leads, and in figure 9 there are four main leads, each
pair to one group of lanps. We must consider figures
8 and 9 as within the first claim, and this appears to be
tantamount to attempting to exclude the public from sup¬
plying two separate sets of lamps from a pair of leads as
in figure 8, or from carrying from one source of electri¬
city several separate pairs of lead3 to several separate
groups of lamps.
The Experts find these methods to be obvious
involving no invention.
In figure 1 to 7 the Experts also find no nov¬
elty, and no feeding Conductor at all in the proper sense
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| of the term, which involves supplying several different
points in one lamp circuit not merely supplying a sep-
j arate lamp circuit as in figures 1 to 7.
The Experts cite the analogy of a gas or water
main several miles in length supplying houses at, dif fer-
i ent parts, supposing the local demand of any particular
district to become greater than the existing main can
supply, the obvious course is to put down a second feed-
! ing main which would convey supplies to a distant part of
the existing mkin rather than to substitute for the ex-
i istingmain a larger pipe to carry the increased supply.
We enclose y,cu a copy of the Specification as
originally filed before the fiist Disclaimer.
Yours truly,
Ashurst, Morris, Crisp & Co.
^Y~4^4 ni.
EATON & LEWIS
^/rOae/tfStfry ( equ itable bu i ld i n s i
.ykaw l/rs/d?'. _ Aug «_6Jh . .,.189.0 .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Sear Sir:-
Re Feeder Suit, I send you herewith copies of
letters from Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, Crisp & Company, dated
July, 18tli,, 1890, and from Frederic H. Betts, Esq,, dated Aug.
5th*,.: 1890, together with the copy of Jensen patent No, 3880 of
1880, all relating to the proposed disclaimer of the English Feeder
patent, for your perusal in connection with the documents sent you
by me yesterday. After your prospective m nsultation with Mr.
Betts, I should be pleased to have you return to me the copy of the
Jensen patent, if you have no further use for it*
Very truly yours.
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''O' Edison.
New York, August 4, 1890.
S. B. Eaton, Esq., ,i
Dear Sir:
1 have examined the letter of Messrs, Ashearst, Morris,
Crisp & 0o,, dated July 18th, 1890, with reference to the proposed
Disclaimer of the English Edison "Feeder" patent, and, in reply
thereto, I would say that it still seems to me exceedingly desira¬
ble that no definite action should be taken in reference to dis¬
claiming any portion of the Englida patent at the present time, and
vhile X am not familiar with the details of English practice on the
subject of Disclaimers, and am, of course, not nearly as familiar
as English Counsel would be of the extent to which the Courts would
go in sustaining the patent, yet it seems to me that action there
should be delayed as far as possible.
If I correctly understand the English lava, it is that if
any portion of a patent is invalid the whole is invalid unless
Disclaimer has been duly filed prior to the commencement of the
suit .
With us the law is different, and more liberal. A dis¬
claimer, here, may be filed at the time of trial if the evidence
there developed seems to reneder it necessary.
It is, of course, important not to disclaim anything
that there is a fair chance of maintaining, and there is nothing in
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the letter of Messrs. Ashearst, Morris, Crisp & Co., which alters
my view that there is no occasion, at the prosent time, to despair
of maintaining the broad Claims of the "Feeder" patent, if those
Claims are construed as involving the necessary limitations, in
regard to the proper proportions and relations of the several parts.
A fair definition of the Edison "Feeder" invention is
found in the statement of cross-Q, 137, addressed to Prest. Morton,
and Prest. Morton's answer shows that he can find no answer. to the
terms of the patent, as thus understood, except in descriptions of
electro-plating contrivances.
It seems to me that the limitations stated in that ques¬
tion (137) are such as may be reasonably read into or found implied
in the patent, and if our experts can point out sufficient differ¬
ences between the electro-plating contrivances and the Edison sys¬
tem of lighting, which I am led to believe that they can do, it
would seem that the invention of the "Feeder" patent is not such an
obvious thing as has been contended.
I am awaiting, with interest, the conclusions of our ex¬
perts on this subject, and, in the meantime, sincerely hope that
no admissions will have to be made in England which may be cited
against us here.
Yours respectfully,
Frederic H. Betts,
W. H. B.
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Blue-book copy of Jensen
letter of Ashearst, Morris, Crisp
with returned.
patent, No. 3880 of 1880, and
& Co., of July 8th, 1890, here
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Engineering Works, Ch elmsford.
London Works , 1, Lillie Road.s.w.
Telephone 8630. Loudon Telephone N? 1663
T. A. Edison Bs q >
“0 ranks'”
Mew Jersey On Had Status
Dear Mr Edison
I had the pleasure of being introduced '-•> />, \ ._> . . - •
, Paris and had ho pad to have had the further pleasure of ..Li-,, :;4
England this year. and showing you soma of the electrical jsfj. i.ha i
carried out by us and of which we are not a little urou.i. b
Mr Albright, uiy intimate friend, afra dlvibs th •
of our Company with me, is visiting America this Autumn, lb l-av«si: In i f- -.
days in company with the me otters of the Iron & Steel Institute, 'ie n-ixion
to make your acquaintance and talk over various business Matters niti >n i.
I shall be glad if you will write to J.F. Albright, Park Avenue cbfcel, !.••/ br,
stating what v/ould be the best time and place for him to visit you.
You perhaps know that the Company known by my name occupy *
prominent position, and that v/e have designed and carried out many largw cud
important works in England, in the English Colonies, and on the Continent of
Europe. 1, personally., have bean working at the problamn of continuous
ourrent distribution aver since 1373 and from the very first have b3an i
strong upholder of the continuous or direct system of distribution.
?,i.. 3, S.'jfg . Co o t.t, 3.
equal density whersvsr Central ftations cia bn \ • .• •. •
'43 r king to a greater radius than 1400 yirds fro-;, , o.- : • ..i -
system »e can produce and dtstribaU eHchrlaal --i
reached and farther that the capital coat c,r n«i, $ ipol t •.
I w as told that you v;are struck ith to .a xo 3 1 • :•
in the Central Stations of Berlin, but 1 think you .’ill fin. \ * ■,
Stations tbit have been lately cample tad on oar syut
»ith Berlin in both the above respects,
la ao r king out th-o system have !>-•*:*•« l ■ i :•.■>
far •'.’■> l ch we have duly obtained Fat ants in this 5a.jo.f-/ .* ’ i ., •
Ons of them Is for the form of accumulators we use 1 oh ' ,
v;hich have besn used by other maksrs, principally, is r
being discharged at five-fold the rate whioh is usual r, ..c;c>,.j}
size, without suffering damage in any 4 ay. The other .
the various details of our underground mains which consist •> f \ ■ a.
stretched over insulators in underground culverts or channels ; .
that we obtain extremely high and permanent insulation at an i
for the section of copper employed. You will notice that tin;: i
not by any means new and untrled.on the contrary, they have Mu
several years working and it is only now that their commercial suocn
fully pro vied in England that we have determined to deal with our Amur!
Yours very Faithfully
1890. Electric Light - United Edison Manufacturing
Company (D-90-38)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to
the business of the United Edison Manufacturing Co. Some of the letters deal
with the installation of electric lighting plants, the development of meters and
other electrical equipment, and the construction of a steam engine for Edison’s
ore milling operation in Ogden, N.J. There are also two blueprint charts
containing sales information. Among the correspondents are J.C. Henderson,
acting engineer-in-chief; H. Ward Leonard, general manager of the Cash
Installations Division; and Samuel D. Greene, assistant to the general manager.
On August 1, 1890 this company became part of the Edison General Electric
Co.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal;
letters of acknowledgement; other routine business correspondence.
Related material can be found in D-90-33 (Electric Light - Edison
General Electric Company - General) and D-90-64 (West Orange Laboratory).
Edis6n Laboratory'.
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United Edison Manufacturing Company, / r &
65 FIFTH AVENUE,
New York, . March . 5, . 1890,
A. 0. Tate, Esq. ,
Llewellyn Park,
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Bear Sir: -
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V/e want to go through seme legal motions in order
to seuure ^25,000. of full paid stock for a plant we have at
Hackensack. As it is necessary that v/e have one of the incor¬
porators from the State of new jersey, I have taken the liberty
of using your name for this purpose, our attorney Mr. Mosher and
myself acting as the other two.
The procedure will be this,
The plant will be sold by this Company to you, Mr. Mosher
and myself. V/e in turn will sell it to the Hackensack Electric
Light Company for their entire capital stock and then we will
endorse the stock over to the United p.dison Manufacturing Company.
Mo responsibility will attach to the matter in any way, and
I shall endeavor tosee that you are not put to any inconvenience
due to it. I did not know of any one else in Mew Jersey who was
available and who was not a Director or Officer of the United
Company.
Trusting you may be able to accoirmodate us in the matt er , I
remain,
Truly yours,
den' 1 Manager.
United Edison Manufacturing Company,
65 FIFTH AVENUE,
New York . March . 10, . 1890.
A. 0. Tato, Esq.,
Llewellyn Park,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir: —
I have beeKawaiting with groat interest the copy of
the test made at -the Franklin Institute, showing the comparative
efficiency of the throe wire system and the alternating current
convertor system. I happen to have immediate use for it in
one or two places.
Kindly lot me know how soon.:I can procure a copy.
Truly yours
Gen'l Manager.
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United Edison Manufacturing Co.
Department of Engineering,
44 wall street,
New York . M.ar.ch...i7Ah..ia9..a . 189
T. A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, N.J,
Dear Sir : -
As the tracings of Buffalo are very near completion I
send for your decision as to the allotment of lights in dwellings,
as per classification.
Prom close observation our canvassers have reported as
follows :
1st Class Dwellings . . 12 lights,
2nd " » . 8 «
3rd " » . 5
^ k, ? 0 | " " . . 3 0 mostly Kerosene
9 L .. - — - A^to^e
If you have any corrections to make to the above, it would facilit¬
ate the work, and oblige,
Yours respectfully,
Acting Engineer- in-Chief .
United Edison Manufacturing Co.
Department of Engineering,
TOTED TO STENOGRAPHS
44 WALL STREET,
New Yor k . mreih
Mr, A. E. Kennelly,
care, Edison* s Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear sir : -
In connection with the Milwaukee matter, Mr. Edison at
one time proposed running separate arc circuits in the same trench
with the underground work. I wish you could get his opinion as to
the advisability of doing the same in say one or two of the prin¬
cipal avenues. Of course, what Mr. Edison proposes for the arc
lights, i. e. running four or five lamps in series from outside
to outside of the system, while first class for street lighting
might not work so well where private customers require it, as we
would very likely have to double up customers on the same arc lamp
service. If you could get his idea on the subject it would be val¬
uable at the present time, and as to whether it would be better to
use an Edison tube or cable.
I send you herewith enclosed, for your leisurely perusal
the report of my effeminate looking friend and very mild anarchist
"Cousins" on the manufacture of gold for 10 cents an ounce, his
only fear T6stito% in divulging the idea, being in upsetting the
existing state of suffering, even though an anarchist.
Yours very truly,
'C^^Tryt-.
Acting Engineer- in-Chief.
Edison Manufacturing Company,
65 FIFTH AVENUE,
New York, . :«ar,..:29f . ISM,.. . ( hj
Edison tabDratory,
Orange, N.J.
Gentlemen: -
We herewith; hand you .’letter : from ’Wilmington City Elec* Co*
requesting : Information ; reference ; to- the new Edison -Meter*
As we are not supplied :wt.th such, we would ^respectfully irequest
that yoiu sapply same*:
By. so doing you will : greatly oblige*
Yours truly.
Dept * sf Est* 6 -Infor.
United Edison;M,f’g Co
, United
CENTRAL STATIONS,
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Gas Light & Fuel Company, Laramie, Wyoming, for a condenser light¬
ning arrester to be used on their municipal circuit; Believing
you have given the whole subject of lightning-arresters a good deW
of attention recently, we write to get your views 'of" the mattV , ^ O
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and to ask if you can kindly gige us any suggestions or improve¬
ments on the apparatus, such as was installed at Reading.
We are considerably interested in the general question of
lightning arresters and are anxious to get all of the valuable in¬
formal on of fliia subject that wecan. Any information rtiich you
can furnish us with, we should be extremely glad to receive.
Truly yours.
Ass't to Gen' 1 Manager.
Dsar Sir: —
Allow us to thank you for yours of the 31st ult.,
in which you state you will answer the letter from the Wilmington
City Electric Company, asking for information concerning the new
Edison meter. Beg to state that we should be glad if you will
send us a copy of letter which you send them, as we should like to
get the information ourselves, very much.
Truly yours,
Ass't to Gen' 1 Manager
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The Wilmington City Electric Go.
Wilmington Del .
Gentlemen ,
The Edison Manufacturing Co. of 65 Fifth Avenue N .Y .
have referred to us your letter of the 14th. inst. , and we
beg to say that Messrs. Bergmann & Co. of 298 Ave. B. N .Y .
make a form of Edison meter which is in several important res
-pects an improvement over the previous type .
In the new meter , the plates are of the same size from the
smallest to the largest meter , and are about half, the weight
of the old # 4 plate , the bottles being similarly reduced .
For full particulars we would refer you to Messrs. Bergmann $
Co. . The meter has not yet been accepted by the Edison Cos. &
as the authorised standard , but the official recognition of
this or some similar type may we believe be shortly expected.
Yours faithfully ,
Edison Laboratory.
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United Edison Manufacturing Co.
Department of Engineering,
44 WALL STREET,
' New York . .Appi.i.....3pd,1890 . 189
Mr. A. E. Kennelly,
care, Edison's laboratory.
Orange, N. J*
Dear Sir S -
I had a telephonic connnanieat ion from Mr. Kruesi this
morning concerning the size of the feeders for Milwaukee. He 3ays,
they have not made anything less than No, 250 for two years past,
and he thinks that going back to 150 looks like retrograding. He
was going to call yon up on the phone to have a talk about it, but
as I thought you might fail to get a clear understanding, I write
instead. Of oourse, it will make quite a difference in the cost
if we raised the number to 250, still i will await your answer oif
the subject before writing to Mr. Kruesi. I dont suppose you
contemplate putting any fixed resistance into the feeders for Mil¬
waukee, as you proposed for Ochre Point, as there will be 12 feed¬
ers out of the 26 in Milwaukee, evflh1 at No* 150 that will be large¬
ly in excess of the requirements* You can either let me know on
the phone or I will come oyer to Orange to see you again*
, In regard to the meter matter, would you oblige by let¬
ting me know just how far you have progressed with it, also with
the book of instructions that you were looking over? I have just
created a "Meter Department", but until I get a fixed standard I
cannot do very much with it, I think the best thing under the
eiroumstances is to let it go for some time just as it is, or
rather as they are, as Bergmann & Co, have quite a number in stock
of different sizes, made aB per last corrected drawings, so if you
would favor me with your opinion on this, it will relieve me con¬
siderably.
The Buffalo matter will be completed in two or three
days, as in fact a good deal of work will have to be gone over
again, - A large number of the 5th and 6th class dwellings having
been calculated in before we received instructions to pay no at¬
tention to them.
Yours very truly.
/Acting Engineer- in-Chief ,
United Edison Manufacturing Company,
CASH INSTALLATIONS
DIVISION.
65 FIFTH AVENUE,
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N ew York, 21st . April, . .18,90 ...
Tho s. A. Edison, Esq.,
Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
We have your communication of the 1st inst., In
which y at mclose us bill for labor and material in repairing Mr.
John Burke's line and putting it in good condition, in which you
state the cause of the expense was the mamer in which it was put
in by this Company. We will qpass this bill to our Construction
department for emanation and as soon as we hear from them will
confer with you further.
Yours truly,
United Edison Mfg. Co.,
Asst, to General Manager .
United Edison Manufacturing Co.
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Department of Engineering,
44 WALL STREET,
New YoRK,Aprii...23jt!d..iaao. . 1 89
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Dear Sir : -
In taking a look at the engine as erected at Ogden, on
the 18th instant, I find that the engine is certainly different
from either the drawing sent with the engine or the drawings in
detail that you have at the Laboratory,. In the engine as erected
there is no doubt but that the steam passes first around the jack¬
et of the two low pressure-, then around the intermediate-, and
high pressure- jackets of the cylinders, and then operated by the
governor from the last mentioned jacket by a throttle governor.
On the drawing sent with the engine and in the office at the Ogden
Mills, the steam is shown entering the high pressure cylinder jack¬
et. This of course is well enough with the exception that in my
opinion it is better to have all jackets fed by small independent
pipes, and drained into a conrion receptacle as well. The jacket
of the high pressure cylinder of course is jacketed with prime
steam, the intermediate jacketed from high pressure receiver, and
the low pressure jacket jacketed from the intermediate receiver.
As you will readily see the idea of jacketing the whole of the low
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pressure cylinder with prime steam is wrong, as you have the vacuum
on one side, at a temperature that should not be over 140°- 160°
for about 3/4 of a revolution, or, in other words, 1 l/2 times the
length of the cylinder, acting all the time as a condenser. Again,
if there are any defects in castings or any accidental moving
of the core in casting, weak spots may be developed that are li¬
able to blow out, and thus stop the whole mill, whereas if the
jackets were fitted up with small feeders any accident to the jack¬
et would have no serious effect whatever, consequently, I would
strongly advise first the putting of a flange over the steam inlet,
and filling all jackets up' with water, and applying a pressure of
at least l/Z above the working pressure of the steam to be used.
This would show up any weak parts liable to cause trouble. Or,
what I would consider still better the drilling of a hole into the
high pressure jacket so as to find out if there is metal enough
to bolt steam pipes to direct, and fit all other jackets up by
branches* The workmanship of the engine cannot be surpassed and I
do not think that there need be any apprehension as to its ability
to handle the mill, if only 300 to 350 H.P„ is required. It is
very substantially built and I consider it a first class engine
in every respect. I notice however, that they have not carried
out the idea of economy into every detail as the engine that runs
the pump is a “ordinary condensing* engine, and has a rotary
slide valve, this necessitating very long passages at both ends
of the cylinder, in fact, about the most extravagant style of
fengine that could be designed.
In regard to the triple expansion engine that we are
getting up, I would suggest that your foreman pattern maker call
and look over the drawings as I want to post him on the subject.
Yours very truly,
Acting Engineer in Chief.
United Edison Manufacturing Co.
Department of Engineering,
44 WALL STREET,
New York,.. .App.ii.. mh...i8.9o. . 1 89
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
Orange , N. J.
Dear Sir : -
Your favor of April 26th received, with regard to the
"Ogden Engine". % letter of the 23rd questioned whether that
engine ever ran anywhere, in feet, from examination hy myself of
the valves and interior surfaces I am almost certain that it is not
the engine you suppose ran for six months. The nan who is putting
it together also says, in confirmation when questioned as to the
matter hy me, that he does not believe steam has ever been turned
on the engine, as the slightest tool marks still show on the work¬
ing faces. My proposition to put a plate over the steam entrance
as now provided for, would be no alteration and would only take
about half an hour’ to accomplish, thus insuring the engine when
started up against possible accidents. This of course is entirely
on the supposition that steam has never been on the engine. I have
no hesitation in saying therefore, that, if you are satisfied in
your own mind that it is the same eqgine, or that it has run prev -
iously , there is not the slightest danger in starting it up on the
mill, as 1 said before, that outside of the steam jacketing a better
United Edison ^Manufacturing Company,-
65 FIFTH AVENUE,
CASH INSTALLATIONS
DIVISION.
New York, . May . XT!., . J.8.9Q., . .
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir. —
I have prepared a comparative statement of the business
of the first six months of the present fiscal year with the same
months of last year, and, thinking you will be interested in t he
figures, send you copy herewith.
Truly yours,
Cash Installations Division,
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New YoRKMay .22, . 1890. .
T.A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J
Dear Sir: —
I enclose you herewith a blue print giving a chart
indicating the comparative business in thie Division of the first
six months of this fiscal year and the corresponding months of the
preceding year.
ftuly yours,
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United Edison Manufacturing Co.
Department of Engineering,
44 wall street,
New YoRK^ay 27th.i89o . 1 89
Thoas A. Edison, Esq,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir : -
I have yours of May 15 th, in connection with the adoption
of the 20 candle power lamp in all future, large stations. The
idea is certainly very good and will give us at least the visible
advantage of a good light, as per your explanation. The only
extra cost will be borne by the Illuminating Company as the meter
will still register the same amount of current, and in considera¬
tion of the values received in more economical engines, lamps, etc.
they- certainly ought to be able to stand it.
I have just got back from Milwaukee and Cincinnati, and
find an immense amount of work on hand to be brought up to date.
Time is now a big factor in the installation of the Milwaukee sta¬
tion, as it is going to be a pretty hard matter for me to have the
engines done in time. I am, Sir,
Yours respectfully,
Eng ineer- in-Chief .
United Edison Manufacturing Company,
I received Mr« Gouyar<r s letter, also your note in
regard tothe transmission plant at Como and Leadville.. X find, on
figuring it out that 35# loss in the conductors^- tho least first
cost^to bo arrived at by using V^O-^eit^T-us-ing 7350 volts at
tho generator. If their power is too valuable to waste that
amount and it would pay to waste only 30#, we sho Id then have
for thehighest economy and the least first cost9100 volts at tho
generator. The cost of the two cases is as 'follows,
35# loss in the conductors.
Generators $62. per h.p
Conductors, .$32. per h.p.
Motors, $40. tier h.p.,
Total, ' $ 134. per h.p.
30# loss in the conductors,
Generators, $57.
Conductors, $24.
Motors, $40.
$121.
The initial e.m. f. 9100.
I have assumed the distance of 175,000 feet and have figured
on a cost of motors and generators of $40. per 746 Watts at tho
brushes, which is a sufficient margin above the shop price to
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T» A.E. , S,
Sivo us a liandsome profit.
Truly yours,
• Cash Installations Division,
.Gen1 1 Manager
United Edison Manufacturing Company,
65 FIFTH AVENUE,
CASH INSTALLATIONS
DIVISION.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, N. J
Dear Sir: —
New York. July 1. 1890.
I have yours of the 27th ult. I omitted in my pre¬
vious letter to enclose a copy of the letter wh ch I had sent to
Mr. Gouyard, presenting figures in the case ahd a certain estimate.
I send copy of letter to you herewith.
Truly yours,,
gen' 1 Manager
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June 24th, 1890.
G. M. Gouyard, Esq. , .
Care J. H. Oragg,
Telephone, Leadville, Col.
Dear Sir: —
Your fevor of the 16th inst, enclosing letter of
the 16th from Prank W. . Owers, has been referred by Mr. Edison to
me for reply.
I understand the case to be one in which power is comparative
ly cheap at a distance of thi rty five miles from you. I have,
therefore, proceeded on a basis of a loss in the conductors
transmitting electrical energy of 35#. Then there is the loss
in the generators and in the motors and would make the net recovery
at the point of use 50# of the original power given to the dynamo.
It will, of course, be impossible for us to give youfigures
upon the cost of construction of the pole line, etc., w thout hav¬
ing a survey madeof the reoute over which the line is to run.
We can, however give you figures of the cost of the genera¬
tors, of the conductors and of the motors, all delivered f. o.b.
here at our factory. The co*t of these parts of the plant will ne
as follows, for 1000 h.p. de'Jivered.
Generators, ’
Conductors,
Mot ors.
Total,
This plant wi 11 require an initial electrical pressure of
7500 in order to operate at the lea t first cost and the highest
economy. The cost of the power will be that due to interest on the
investment, plus KXHX^t double the amount of the original cost of
power. ....
If, as I suppose, your power .at the source is from very
cheap coal, such as slack coal, the original cost per h.p. vail
not exceed $10. per annum, for ten hours a day. The cost of the
total plant probably be, approximately, $200,000. from this we
find that the interest upon the investment at 6# will cause a cost
of power delivered of $12. per h.p. and since only hal^-of the
original power^delivered , there will be an additional amount of
$20. per h.p. on this account, so that the total cost of the h.p.
delivered per ten hours per day, I figure atabout $32. per h.p.
These figures will probably enable you to judge of the feasibility
of the scheme.
' In case there is any further information we can give you,
should be pleasedto have you call upon us at once.
Truly yourq
H. Ward Leonard,
. Gen' 1 Manager.
$62,000.
32,000.
40.000.
$134,000.
1890. Electric Railway (D-90-39)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison’s involvement in electric railways. Most of the documents pertain to
the business and legal affairs of the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Co.
Included also is a lengthy memorandum by Edison about railway motors and
generators. Much of the correspondence is by Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s
attorney.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine business
correspondence and memoranda; letters of transmittal; duplicate copies of
selected documents.
Related material can be found in D-90-33 (Electric Light - Edison
General Electric Company - General).
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/ Hew York City, January 25, 18 So .
Dear Mr. Edison: L /
Mr. Thurston has rendered his opinion to Mr. Villard on
the i’ield Electric Railway Patent . He thinks all the claims are
invalid except the second which he thinks is good in law, and pro¬
bably valuable if electric railways are forced by legislation to use
conduits instead of overhead conductors.
He writes me that it is "the worst patent ever dealt
with to got at its meaning". He thinks it is valuable to the
General Co., "as fencing stuff", but that "no lar&e price should be
pai d' fo r it " . u
Please excuse my printed signature to this note, as I shall
bo out when it is transcribed.
Very truly yours.
/ r? 0- GV- 07
Sprc><i o
April 7th, 1890.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, New Jersey.
My dear Edison:—
They are pulling our leg in Nashville^ and I am ge4
ting- up affidavits to clean them up like we did at Eau Claire.
I have prepared tfc. one ! eon
. * a. a wear uo
XSKand return to me by bearer, who will stay until he EetsTZ^
as tame is important.
Yours truly.
oy _ £(.{'?' C,
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
/■<t0 ( EQUITABLE Bl
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Dear Sir:
Re Electric Railway Co. of the u.S. Enclosed please,
find one copy of a proposed Release from you to the said Railway
Co., touching the $60,000. Y6u:will observe that the Light Co.
has consented, at the top of page three, to your signing it.
Please sign at the bottom of the second page, opposite the seal.
To avoid confusion, I should state that this document
takes the place of a similar Release which you executed Monday.
No substantial change has been made, the only change being one of
form. Will you kindly execute this Release and send it back to
me by bearer, and oblige.
Very truly yours,
(PculJm-S^ - iJd* c/Ccvf •
EATON & LEWIS
-Jsuv office#
‘S'V'frac/f ^ EQUITABLE BUILDING)
yfjet/y I7thr isgn.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N, J.
Dear Sir!
Re Electric Railway of United States. I return you here¬
with the three papers in reference to this matter, which 1 recently
obtained frcm you for use in the Betti anent of the differences be¬
tween Field and Edison interests, the same being my letter of Octo¬
ber 1st, 1888 to you, a copy of my letter of February 14, 1885, to
D. D. Field, Esq., and a copy of the Supplemental Agreement between
the Edison Electric Light Company and yourself, dated February 4th,
1885.
Kindly accept my thanks for the loan of the same, and
acknowledge their receipt, and oblige,
Very truly yours.
Thomas A. Bdison, Bsq., — ^
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:.
I send you herewith, for your file, a oopy of the release
fran yourself to the Bleotric Railway Company of the United States,
dated April 29th, 1890» the same beine an axaot oopy of the origins
al release executed by you and now in your possessioi
Very truly yours.
c.
EATON & LEWIS
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Oranga, N. J,
Dear Sirs-
(////( EQUITABLE BUILDING!
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Re Electric Railway of the United States. i return you
th. oopy «, opinion t0 you„ obllB.t|(>na t0 tura oi9r
to th, lisht Company futw, i„vo„tl„„, ,.lati„g to W(.
.07. Oat.* «ar.h »th. 1889. KlmUy ,o„„.lrtCT „4
oblige.
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^leetrie f^ailu;ay#p^otor (&o.
RIALTO.
Chicago.. Hay 2S, i sgp.
Orange, Sew York.
My Dear Mr. Edison:-'
Enclosed herewith please find a oiroular which came to- me
through Col. W. H. Hardy of Meridian, Miss. This gentleman is a>K>ut to build a
snort road near Meridian, is well knotm as an Engineer and Steam Railway Con-’
tractor.. I have induced him to consider Electricity as a motive Dower, and he
has concluded to- communicate direct with you- upon the subject of using it in
connection with the Boynton System. Thinking it probable that he might neglect
to enclose a descriptive circular of the latter, I do so-
Things here are decidedly mixed. Barclay, Harding & C. C..
Warren having cut prices to- such an extent that it is difficult to; make the
average Western investor sign contracts at our prices. Still we are holding our
own.- Warren is by long odds the best of the trio;. He soon is to open Westinghouse
offices for Electric Railway work in New York Gity and the competition will then
become just so much less in this territory..
Hoping that Col. Hardy ..may be induced to adopt our system i
am.
Sprague
Thos.. A
Very sincerely
rocoivoA by Spra^uo El oc trie Railway &
for
Stroot Car Motors and Generators
hs fran December let t
10th, 1890
Bio location of i’oads equipped as par annexed statement, is
as folio ws:-
Akron , Ohio,
Asheville, IT. C.
Augus tu, Oa. •
Baltimore, Hu*
Berlin, Germany,
P. ingl lamton , IT.- y.
Erockt on , Mass •
Butte City, Montana,
Canton, Ohio.
Chattanooga, Ton”. •
Chester, Pa.
Chicago, Ills.
Cleveland, Ohio,
Colorado Springs, Cold
Columbus, Ohio.
Dallas, Texas’.
Devonport, la.
Donver, Colo. •
Dos Moines, la.
Dotroit, Mich.
Dubuque, la-.
Elgin, Ills.
Erie, Pa."
Port Worth ? Texas.
Koamoy, Neb*
Keokuk, la.
Laredo, Texas-.
LaSalle, Ills'.
Lexington, Kyv
London, Eng.
Los Angblos, Gala.
Milwaukee, V/i a .
Minneapolis, Minn.
Moline, Ills.
Nashville, Tenn (2)
Newark, IT. J.
Newurk, Ohio-.
Omaha, Hob.
Paducah, Ky.
Pi qua , Ohio.
Portland, Oro. (2)
Port Townsend, Wash.
Providenco, K. I.
Quincy, Mass.
Reading, Pa. (a)
Riclmond, Va. (3)
Sal can. Mass-.
Salem, IT. C.
Salem, .Oregon,
Salt Lake, Utah.
San Antonio, Texas.
Sandflsky, Ohio,
Scranton, Pa.
--oclalia, Mo.
Sioux City, la.
Sioux Palls, S. Dakota,
St. .Toseph, Mo.
St. Louis , Ho.-
St. Paul, Minn.
Tokio, Japan,
Troy, IT. Y.
Utica, N. Y.
West Bay City, Mich.
V/ilkes-Barro, Pa.
Wilmington, Del .
Winston, IT. C.
New York City, June 16, 1890.
SP>
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Bear Mr. Edison:
, Here is my attempt to solve the troublesome question
of taking care of Mr. Wise. My plan was to put him on the same
basis as myself, except that he is to have the advantage of a finn
contract for another year while my contract may be terminated on
three months notice at any time.
Mr. Wise declines to accept this proposition and
matters are at a standstill. He is not worth what he thinks ho
Very truly yours.
{/■ tr c / ‘y /jp'x)
(1) Eaton & Lewis to move their office to then®
Edison Building, and to pay rent there like any other
tenant for whatever space they occupy.
(2) The present contract with Mr. Eaton as General
Counsel, to continue, but the Company to have the right
to terminate it at any time on three months notice. Mr.
Eaton to work as now at the rate of §40. a day.
(3) The present contract ending September 1, 1891,
between Mr. Wise and the Sprague Company to be cancelled.
Mr. Wise to open an office of his own in the new Edison
Building or elsewhere, as he chooses, and to take other
business not in conflict with the General Co.
(4) Mr. Wise to serve this Company, at same rate as I
Mr. Eaton, $40. per diem, with $10. a day extra when away
from home, besides Railway fares , and the Company to
guarantee that his employment shall amount to at least
at the rate of §6,000. a year from now until September 1, |
(5) The above places Mr. Eaton and Mr. Wise upon the
same basis as regards compensation, i.e. a guaranteed em¬
ployment of <,?6,Q00. a year, but Mr. Eaton can be dis¬
missed at any time on three mon-Has notice, whereas Mr.
Vase has a firm contract for fifteen months. Let the i
Company decide hereafter what arrangement, if any, shall
be made with Mr. Wise after September 1, 1891.
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CONFIRMATION OF M ESSAQB.^^0^
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From whom received:
To whom sent :
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The following message has just bean telephoned
from Eaton & Lewis’s office: /
Major Eaton has not received the North American Company
contract for Electrical Railroad from their lawyer, Mr. Wetmore,
although he promised that h6 would send it. Possibly Mr. Wetmore
nay send it to Major Eat orJ during the day, or on Monday morning.
In that case Major Eaton Will visit Mr .: Edison at the Laboratory
THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS.
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CONFIRMATION D^^|SAGE.
Our Railroad People think it very important that you at¬
tend the Railroad Convention to be held at Buffalo, starting Wednes¬
day morning next. Is it possible for you to take the six o'clock
train Tuesday night for Buffalo, remaining- there Wednesday and
Thursday, and be home Friday Morning. All our opponents will be
very active there, and if you can attend personally, our people
think that our business will be very beneficially affected by your
visit.
Please reply by telephone to Sehanectady.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
VZ/
Bear Sirs
Re Car Truck Patents. Please find enclosed for your
files a carbon copy of a roport on this subject made to Mr. In-
sull, dated the 10 th. inst. Mr. Vansize is still at work on
21' yl . V*?T:8’ 8"d 1 8ha11 rorort t0 in detail
when he s-ts further along. Unfortunately, he is constantly
•" a“?°unt of actlvity in electric railway patent
litigation, m which he is qualifying himself to be ourprinci-
pal expert* / 1
Please reatin the enclosed for your files, and oblige
Very truly yours.
[ENCLOSURE]
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[ENCLOSURE]
Mew York City, October 10, 1890
Erlison 0 -.moral Electric Cor
Samuel Xnsull, Kuq., ■
Door Sir:
He Brill SJrusk Paw
pursuant to yottr request t!
amined, and please find a.nr
fntarits have boar
he to a lengthy- ox-
Vansiso JU3t rcc.
Thoso patents arc upon oar trucks nor so, and upon
tha combi nation of car trucks with an eicbtric motor
ouprcrtul thereon. ?ho patents arc broad a--d appear to
bQ valid and will £ ive a monopoly, Possibly an ex-
Inv-istive soar eh in iho T.ibrury at Washington and elao-'
ivboro may disclose anticipations fat.nl to some of the
claims in thosa patents, but oar investigations thus far
have not result od in finding any,
Yho broad featuro of these patents is a frame for
the motor, supported on the axle boxes. The car body
is also supported on the axle boxes by springe. Tho
motor frame is devised to .ovoid vibration. An "inda-
pendant rigid truck" is defined as one in which the
motor and operated mechanism is connected with tho. axles
or trucks, leaving the car body susceptible of removal,
and tho rigidity is got by the- frame.
Ur. Grill personally gave me the patents covered in
tne annexed report, and stated that he had applications
still pending for other controlling' features.
I should add that wo are making's thorough oxamina-
numhJ;f r11 £"ln*S? ''*?* fcm' trusk Patc-ntB about 700 in
*’ • > J°r bison's benefit, but it will be come
little time before we finish this.
hoping you will find. this report satisfy- ♦o-v and
awaiting your further instructions. I ' ’ 1
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rb sium. patskts on oar 4 trucks.
Extract from Report of Mr. Vans iso to Mr.. Eaton
Bated October 8th, 2800.
J.A. and (5. M. Brill, or one of thorn, have
U.s. patents, some upon si ir trucks jiur jso and sane upon
the somaination of oar truofcs with an electric or equi¬
valent motor «»pporto.I thereon. 3» far as ny invosti-
gations have been serried, these patents appear to be
j?-ood ar.d valid and pi v5? said firm a monopoly of t!in com¬
binations and arranROmonta si aimed. There are said to
bo several rendin.? aprli sat ions bat with regard to
those I have no reliably accurate information.
The shares tori otis and broadest Posture of the
Brill patents is the use of a frame supported on the
axle boxes, preferably located at or below the axle linn,
fho car body 1 B srrlno-surror&ort upon the axle boxes,
f 13 nlotor so arranged that vortical vibration
is avoiasd as Is the aide movement due to the end-r/lao
.nrust of t!io axles. Hover ml of the intents d"ae’-) b ■>
and claim mechanical devises for more' perfectly »e*-o«-
^HhM,huS OAn 0**>'i°roftdent rir-id truck* “is
doc.ninol, by which is meant enah 2 -onst-ic' ion th*t th.,
ear body may be lifted off the truck iSvinJ' To Xnina
Rear and propel ling apparatus un listmbod or »indep«"l"?*
SrSSfSvi L'SKt* ~ “* - -
tanta?10 f0lle,rlns 18 s ras«=’ of the Brill pa-
lo'/tbe33!’ i frSm° -W a,,rro,'ti"« i!’~ motor locate.! bo-
b-a.io'n ^.u 3r,;i 80 SU3f'}ado.i as to avoid the vi-
b-a.ionoi the car body and the end thrust of the axles.
h' claimed eomoir.ations include sills far the -a*, bodv
axle box pedestals; axle boxes loosely supported in arid
J™' 9&4dl°* -rporte; on the axle boxes; *
f.4no& vhL'mP the '-:akUo6 ^destals; the said
rssrs.^*n & «t«5sr
«*•£?£•£!!• iVGP’C3; th0 fiirnishoa
ways. ' ’ a Grl*’ “W’ortt. ror cable rail-
:r°‘3V^S* + i *l0'a at one end and a two
'•‘the”5 sa" hae two oornpart-
- -^-edby a vestibule; entrance at outside
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"■5nV;“i or the our. The four tfhool truck has a
frame, and beams extend cross ways or the car,
leaving a aij asm spnoe bo tween she four •.vheels with¬
in which is an electric lector. There is a claim
for a car trunk; bolsters running fron oirle to 3i,lo
or the truck , a 1 urge central opening or frame; and
«n electric motor auppertod within said apace.
Wo, 418*438. The brake rod nnd brake apparatus is located
near the surface oi‘ the ground below the motor so a a
not to interfere with the space usually devoted to
r'o.dlil, -idl . The tto called “in dor cedent rigid truck0
defined as one Li, which the noser end fell opora-
tivo moehaniun its aon-ostei with she axles or •
truaka leaving the car body s .iscvptiblo or removal,
bo. 413, bed. A edification of tha i-idcpun.-iont rigid
swinging motion on the axle boxes due' to tho"use3ef
link connections; -arcs.- bars rest on top or iho
axis boxes or on interposed spring cushions; these
link connections arc detachable tc provide for re¬
moving the axles with the is- wheels, at-.
Wo.48r>,0*3. Th« truck h,« » top frame uf iron, sub¬
stantially a rectangle; axle box pedestals squared
thereon rigidly secure! to the ctr body sills to
c tvcn£‘i.,*«3ji ssii cilli: «jvi zc yvyr/ant z hOiv2 £i*om
sVproo iing the car body is removably fixed to this
il", -in/, 0i3:j. ‘file truck has side frianos connected with
the axle box padostala and independent of v-.o t>-iok
or car springs; cross bac connect Log said sido*
frames and an electric motor supported on said
cross bars in gear with the sxlo*. Tho truck has
also a-iort sectional bole tors on each aide of the -v^j.
and hop arss a pivot and rub platoe bstvoon each bol¬
ster sootier and trie car body.
No. 4£3,008. A specific rows of construction, in r ich
a -rams is spring supported to receive the car body
and a second JVspiq is rigidly suprortod on tho
axles to curry tho motor.
Ko. 430* 4X8. Specific mechanical devices for a upporting
a frame to carry a sand box and a motor*
:!o.4.JM, rib. This is a detaiiod mechanical modification
cr the first Brill patent. The axle box in set into
and *or.ma part of tho ramo; Springs supporting th-
ee.r ody frame are set upon this frame; said frnrio
nay thus be lifted off tho axles.
Ho". dbd.Oda. The combination of upper longitudinal
cherts adapted to bo rigidly secured to the or-
body having rodoatols squared thereon, ff« Iowa-
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longiirtdinal chords extending aprroxinarotely from
end to end of and connected to tho upper -sherds,
truss or brass rods and holts connecting said upp st¬
and lower chords intermediate of the podostals to
form a truss and cross bars 5 on no .3 1 da" said trusses
for the purpose of on pportinjj a motor.
■1 aO,3ls'i. A motor located entirftfty above iha car
floor; tils'; cor floor nay b>: daproeaod to secure thio
result; one ond M* motor journalled on ear axio,
other and a ippurtod on car, disdains a motor
journalled at one ond on .-.nr axle and partly pro-
J noting above the «*r floor, as old.
(S&8, -Specific mechanism for supporting the motor
above the car i‘l rr. Thnro ia an upright arm fixed
to the car floor, one ond of the motor i3 spring
supported from this; the other ond oi’ tho motor
ia socurod to an am mounted on tho car axle.
4:iC, VUfJ. Thors is a low hanging frame suspended
directly upon tho axle boxes; the motor x:-< bolted to
tliie frtt-e or hung f rwn bolts and thoro are elastic
cushions between tho bolts and the frame; tho bolt
holes are slots to allow for movement in rounding
curves; in tho motor frame is the counter shaft. The
y oh o.s project from the motor frames end envelop- or
surround without resting upon tho car axle; this is
be maintain alignment when rounding curves. The
yoAes are called "guide arras*. ' Tho alai-s «ovop a
motor supported on a frame independent of springs
and having guide arms to preserve tho alignment. '
EATON & LEWIS
BUILDING)
,yf£w jj^yOet. 16. 1890.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Dear Sirs
i w*-"
Re Jones Invention for Connecting Circuit*!
Ground where Trolley-Wire Breaks. I beg to say that Mrf“lnsull ,
in behalf of the General Co.,, wishes to know whether this inven¬
tion is worth purchasing. Mo price has been talked of.
I took Mr. Vansize to see the device and have
just received his rport, dated the I 3th inst,, which with one
other document, please find enclosed.
Have you any suggestions to make as to whether
we ought ,to dicker for this invention. Mr. Jones has recently
•filed an application for a patent on it.
In replying to this letter will you kindly re¬
turn the enclosures, and oblige,
Very truly yours.
General Counsel.
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O Q &c'-
Dear Mr. Edison: _
Re N.A.Co. Railway Contract. I have been waiting for
ten days, that is since a week ago last Friday for Mr. Marcus to
bring the N.A. Company to time. At an interview today between
Mr. Marcus, Insull and me, the former represented what the N.A.Co.
would do. I at once put it into print and have just sent it to
Mr. Wright. He does most of the commenting at the Board meeting on
this matter. I hope to get it back from Wright tomorrow. Then I
shall at once revise the entire contract on the nev/ line of the
N.A.Co. and have it printed. In this as in all masters you can
depend that my share of the work will be done withojA delay.
Sincerely yours, ''
New York City , Oct. 22nd, 1890.
Dear Mr. Edison:
Re Edison and Ii.A.Co. Electric Railway Inventions
Contract. I have seen both Mr. Wright and Mr Marcus today. Wright,
will not yield. I finally told him that I would go ahead and
draw a new contract principally on his lines, but that it would
probably prove a waste of time because we would probably have to
vote him down in the Board Meeting. He said all right.
The rnanin point of difference is this. Supposing
The N.A.Co. advances all the money required to complete the in¬
ventions and to demonstrate their value, and supposing that in con¬
nection with the introduction of these inventions into use it be¬
comes necessary to employ the inventions covered by the old Sprage
patents or some old Edison patents, or some othwr old patents be¬
longing to the Light Co. or the Sprague Co., shall any royalty be
charged against the new inventions in which the N.A.Co. are in¬
terested, i.in consequence of such use of any old patents? Mr,
Marcus and the N.A.Co. say that we ought to agree in the contract
that no such royalty will be charged. On the other hand, Mr.
Wright claims that we are not to tie our hands at all in this re¬
gard. He says that the General Co. must reserve the right to
charge licenses to any extent if it wants to. You see there 4s a
wide difference between these two views.
'rt**/
Re Railway Truck Patents. Recently you told me to have
Mr. Vansize go through this matter and then tell you the results
of his work. There are over 700 patents and he has gone over them
cursorily. The question now arises how his time shall be utili¬
zed for the next week or two. Y/e need him in a good many differ¬
ent directions all at the sametime, and the qtiestion is which one
of these things is the most important. One of them is this matter
of the railway truck patents. V/e can spare him for that work in
preference to everything else if you deem it of sufficient import¬
ance. Bo you? Shall he give up everything else and make a
thorough analysis of truck patents in preference to all other wok
forthwith? Kindly send me your instructions in the above regard,
and oblige.
Edison General Electric. Co.
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
NOTE Thi* confirmation should be checked with the original message Immedlatelg on receipt. It will
_ oe assumed to be correct unless advised to the contrary by telephone.
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From whom received.
To whom sent,
Mr Samuel Instill, SecondVice President
MR THOMAS EDISON .
A Mr Elwell , Treasurer and representative of the Gibbons
Rail , for use in connection with 3treet. car work may come to you
asking your indorsement on the rail /
Please do not give it, as if you do it will make all
other rail manufacturers hostile to us , If he cones to you at
all, or to whomsoever he may come, please refer him back to me ,
as we want to occupy a neutral position in relation to all such
outside matters ,
My own impression is that these poeple want to float
the stock of their company on the recomnendation which they think
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1890. Exhibitions (D-90-40)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning
electrical and industrial exhibitions in France, Germany, and the United
States. Included are letters concerning the exhibition of the phonograph and
other Edison inventions at the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. Many of
the letters are by Francis R. Upton, general manager of the Edison General
Electric Co. Lamp Works. There is also an 80-page catalog describing
Edison s inventions exhibited at the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: unsolicited requests,
without a significant reply, asking Edison to participate in exhibitions;
advertising circulars; letters of transmittal; other routine correspondence;
duplicate copies of selected documents.
I have seen Mr. Upton and he will be at the
Laboratory on Saturday afternoon.
Will you kindly write Mr. Hairmer on receipt of this letter, to
meet Messrs. Edison and Upton on that date? I think that every¬
thing can be satisfactorily arranged there and then.
In order to make everything harmonious and pleasant, it would
be wise for you to tell Mr. Hammer that I am very anxious^ to have
him and no one .else at the head of the technical Department.
Mr. Hanmer's address is 23 Rowland Street, Newark, N.J.
I waited to hear from you yesterday, but without result.
I wanted to say to you that Mr. Upton will explain everything to
you before the interview with Mr. Hanmer.
Yours very truly,
Director General Edison Exposition, 1890.
A. 0. Tate Esq. ,
Orange, N.J.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secretaiy,
Laboratory of T. A. Edison, V Y/"-3
Orange, M..T. /y ^ /■ j
Dear Sir:- J A ^
Your favor of March 19th to hand. Regarding the expens es
of the Paris Exposition we call your attention to our letter of
December 18th 1888, copy of which is annexed. .
Mr. Edison proposed at that time that he would put all
the apparatus relating to his various inventions in good condition,
bearing the expense of it himself, as it did not seem to be a
matter in which the Edison General Go. were concerned, and as the
apparatus would be returned to Mr. Edison after thetExposition,
that part of it being his personal exhibit.
We desire to reach prompt conclusion of this Exposition
matter, for we have considered that the statement referred was the
final one and have so stated to the other parties in interest.
We must expressly do not wish to be put in the position
of, in any way crowding upon Mr. Edison expenses that were not
definitely and expressly and voluntarily accepted by him before the j
Exposition was start ed. RegaEdingrthegmafitag of Phonograph
charges, the arrangement was made between Mr. Edison & Mr. Hanmer i
and the charges were made by us in accordance with Mr. Hammer's
instructions, correspondence not passirg through us.
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Sec’y., #2.
We think that it is very unjust to us at so late a date
to state that you hold unadjusted hills running over a year to
which our attention has never been called.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO. _
General Manager.
[ENCLOSURE]
Doc. 18th , 188 R.
A. 0. Tato, Esq.,
Laboratory of T. A, Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of Dec, lBth is received, regarding the ar¬
rangement with Mr. Edison for the Paris Exposition.
The arrangement is that the Edison Machine Works , Mr, Edison,
and the Edison Lamp Co., each pay one third (l/3)of the expense
of the Exposition, including Mr. Hammer's salary.
Mr. Edison upon his behalf undertook to pay all of the ex¬
pense of fitting up the Quadmpex and his various inventions, out¬
side of the Electric Light, so far as the expense of doing so in
the Lahore tor;; was concerned.
The general expense to bo divided into thirds for the Expo¬
sition.
You should notify Ool. Gourad regarding the plan of the
Exposition, and of the fact that the Phonograph is going to be
exhibited in the space under control of Mr. Edison.
Yours truly,
EDISON LAMP CO.
By
Treasurer.
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Telegram from Minneapolis, Minn, to Mr. Edison, dated June 19, 1390
Please urge that the Edison Convention be held this year in
Minneapolis, so that the delegates may enjoy the advantage of
seeing the elegant Edison exhibit that we are going to make at
such expense to our Exhibition. We think our city is entitled to
this courtesy, if the Convention is to be held anywhere in the
Northwest,
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44 Wall St., Mew York City,
July 8, in 90 ■
0. A. Tate, Esq.,
Private Secretary,
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N. J:.
Dear Sir : —
I spoke to you some time ago about some negatives of tho
Laboratory and its surroundings for the proposed pamphlet, to bo
printed at the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition. The text of this
pamphlet is now prepared, and all the other cuts, except tlie ones
in question, are being advanced. There is little time to loose
on this; hence, I would like to urge on you to have Mr. Dixon to
get together as early as possible, for this purpose, the following
negatives !
Edison's house.
View of Library in the same.
Conservatory (if he has one.)
Laboratory, exterior.
Office and Library .
Chemical Room.
Machine shop.
Precision Room.
Dynamo Room.
Galvano-meter (if he has one.)
O'. A. To #2.
These are all that will be required for this pamphlet.
All the others -- come 60 — I can get from other sottrces.
I wish Mr. Dixon would let me know as early as posaible
when 1 can have those that Mr. T. C. Martin, whom Mr. Insull has
directed to do the worit, can make photogravures of them. I will
send for them, if necessary, when he has them ready.
X have talked to Mr. Dixon about this, , as you told me
to do some time ago, but coming from you the matter may be attendod
to more promptly.
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir: -
Will you please supply such phonograph cylinders and
parts of the phonographs as may be designated, by Mr. V/argeman, and
also a large trumpet for shipment 66 the Minneapolis Inddstrial
Exposition.
You will please consider this as an order for the sane,
you to bill all the above to Wm. M. ^ogap, Manager, Minneapolis
Industrial Exposition, Minneapo 15, Mim.
When you ship the above please notify us and send bill
to us at once so that we can insure the same in transit. We will
be authority for having the bill accepted as above made out.
Yours truly, .
| Edison General Electric Co.,
General Manager.
[ENCLOSURE]
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EDfSON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Deqr Sirs-
Orange, N. J. . y
In confrmation of our telephone conversation of this
morning, I desire to state:
I understand that Mr. Kinney will go to MinrB apolis
so as to reach there by next Wednesday. Mr. Kinney's expenses,
I understand will be paid by Mr. Regan for the Minneapolis Exhibi-
tion. Mr. Kinney’s apparatus will go by express. I have tele¬
graphed Mr. Howell in Minneapolis, statin? that Mr. Kinney will
reach there on Wednesday next.
Regarding the phonograph dolls. I understand that in
the latter part of next week there will be enough finished to send
a dozen to Minneapolis. I desire that a dozen be sent to Wm.
M. Regan, General Manager, Minneapolis Exposition, by express,
and that the bill of the Phonograph Works be sent to him. Mr.
Allien has consented to the dolls going forward. This consent
is a matter of conversation, aid not formal. If it is necessary
to obtain any formal instructions in this matter, kindly let me
know or, if convenient, you can obtain them directly from Mr.
Allien.
A. 0. Tate, Esq., #2.
I would be pleased to know if there would be another
dozen or half a dozen, which could be spared to be sent to the
Portland Exhibition.
You telephoned that you had a message from Mr. Wangeman
asking what he should do regarding the helping the Minnesota
Phonograph Co. , exhibit the automatic phonograph. I telegraphed
Mr. Howell to instruct Mr. Wangeman that he could exhibit it,
if there was no objection on the part of Mr. Regan, manager of the
Minneapolis Exhibition. Mr. Wangeman is in the employ for his
entire time during, the exhibition, of the Minneapolis Exposition
Co. I do not see how I could give him directions as to the dispo¬
sal of his time, which is being paid for by the Exhibition Co.,
so I telegraphed in accordance with my understanding of the matter.
I desire to thank you very much for the prompt attention
which you gave to our telephone messages.
Enclosed you will find a copy of the telegram to Mr.
Howell.
Yours truly.
7 General Manager.
(Mill.
Enclosure.
[ENCLOSURE]
Telegram.
Wilson S. Howell,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Kinney will reach Minneapolis Wednesday next. The pho¬
nograph dolls leave Sept. 10. Tell Wangeman that if Regan or
you do not object I see no reason why he should not help automatic
phonograph exhibit. Show this to Stieringer.
F. R. Upton?
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HARRISON N.J.
LAMP MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT Sept.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
The enclosed extracts from a letter of Mr. Luther Stie-
ringer about the Minneapolis Exposition, give:' a statement of
the status of the. Exhibition, which I consider of interest. I
send the same to you for your information.
Yours truly.
[ENCLOSURE]
Extract from letter of !ir. Stieringer.
Your telegrams arici various queries in regard to the
progress of the work hero, woro difficult to reply to, until tho
work has been sufficiently advanced. You remember with what care
the plans and everything had been gone over with i.lr. Hammer,
to anticipate any possible difficulty' which might arise even to
the arrangement of the motive power. Our wants were all inn do
known to tho management in ample time to complete everything,
more particularly the tower, a week before the opening. Hie
facts are, the motive power was n6t ready till the opening (.ay,
and has been decidedly intermittent 3ince then. This tolls it3
own story. A promise of current at S A.M. to tost out with,
sometimes would he fulfilled at 4 or 0 P. ,. (due to the above)
difficulties that Mr. Hammer has had to simnountj it can only be-
appreciated by ono, like myself, continually prosont, and with all
tho care and ability displayed, would surely have failed had not
everything boon previously well planed and thoughtout . I must
pay this tribute to Mr Hammer. Of all exposition work that has
come under my care, and in which I was dependent upon others for
tho construction, the expeditious manner in which this work has
been put forward, the unremitting care, attention, and able manage¬
ment of men and material, makes me say that I would not hesitate
to undertake almost any work with his assistance, and feel thank¬
ful that he has become associated with this work. I am sure that
[ENCLOSURE]
his work has been well appreciated by the Management, „Vi,ia ux
which have a just appreciation of this kind of work. As to the
results, when you come here, sufficient can be seen by you, to
make you agroe fully v/ith the foregoing.
Mr. Edison’s exhibit has been held back in its arrange¬
ments, though now nearly completed, from the sane general causes
that delayed the tcwer work, namely, lack of assistance, unful¬
filled promises, and the Management having too much on its hands
to get the motive power -in order. It is safe to say, though no
fault of ours, that our work has cost the Exposition twenty per¬
cent rare than if they had had the motive power in operation on
time. This has been brought home to them. if the estimate has
been exceeded, it is because they did not follow out our well
thought out instructions. The Edison Commercial Exhibit: We
have arranged tliis at the least expense, and considering the mat
tenal furnished, I think we have furnished a very interesting
exhibit.
Will you kindly look up the picture of the 6ehenectady
Works intended for this Exhibit? This picture was to have been
submitted to . r. Insull by the artist for final approval, and wo
are very anxious to get it hero. Now that the tower is practi -
cally completed, also the electric railway anu surroundings, it
is best to say what has already been heralded on large posters
in the streets, for weeks, “You will miss it, if you miss it."
[ENCLOSURE]
It was missed before it was lighted, but now that the cun-ent has
been turned on, the popular is enthusiastic. You should have
been here the evening it was first lit up, and hoard the delighted
yells of the audience, and the unending demands for repetition
on their part. Very much more could fee said, but trust this
will be sufficient to givo you an insight into- affairs.
[ENCLOSURE]
Extract from the Minneapolis Tribune,
Sept, 2nd, 1800,
The phonographs in the art gallery continue to be the center
of attraction for an admiring throng, They are arranged
so that 52 people can be entertained at the same time. The
musical records seem to bo the most attractive and the tamos
which were first discoursed in tho Edison Laboratory, Now
York, find appreciative listeners hero in Minneapolis, more
than 1,500 miles from where they were played, Mr, Wangonman
with his genial smile, presides over tho instruments and ans-
wors the perpetual question “how much?" with tho shake of tho
head and the single word “nothing"1. There is no charge what¬
ever for the use of the phonograph, and the public is invited
to step in and be entertained as often as convenient or des¬
ired. "What the Egyptian tower of light is to the eye, those
phonographs are to the ear," Mr. Wangenman says, and tho pub¬
lic is invited to test the verity of hiS assertion. The
phonographs may bo used from 10 O'clock to 12 O'clock in the
forenoon, from 2 O'clock to 5 O'clock in the afternoon and 7
to 0 in the evening. To-day the phonograph will bo used in
connection with a typewriter, a lady being employed for the
purpose of writing the dictations from the Exposition,
[ENCLOSURE]
Extract from the St, Paul Globe,
Sept, find, 1890.
last evening for the first time the tower, the central
attraction in the Edison Exhibit, was lit up from base to
summit and from these countless festoons of parti-oolored
lights stretched to the highest galleries, giving a wonderfu¬
lly pleasing effect that must be seen to be appreciated.
There aro over 7,500 miniature lights in this one display and
the effect combined with the beauty of the blooming garden
beneath is truly dazzling. The visitors were charmed vrith
it and were not slow in voicing their enthusiasm. It is hot
to be lit continually, as it is more attractive when displayed
at intervals, consequently it is be flashed for a time at the
following hours, 7.30* 7'.50, 8.10, 8.30, and 9,45', some ple¬
asing effects were given in flashing a change of circuits on
the tower and along the festoons'.
[ENCLOSURE]
Extract from the Minneapolis Tribune,
Sept'« 2nd, 1890'.
last night the light tower blazed for the first time
and each time that the thousands of lights were lighted
as many people went wild over the sight-. The phonographs
are now ready to delight 32 persons at a time1.
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HARRISON N.J.
LAMP MANUPACTUR.NC DEPARTMENT g0pt> 0^ JgQQ,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Gentlemen:-
Kindly send to Mr. Wargeman a barrel or a large package
of cylinders , to be used by him in taking the proeeedings of
the Edis&n convention, i« i+ -to hoyr h" da Afc
These are to be sent t6 A. Theo E. Wangeman, Edison Exhibit,
Minneapolis-, Minnesota. They should be sent by express and the
bill should be a memorandum bill to this branch of the business,
which will be adjusted when it;, is fully decided as to the taking of
the minutes.
Yours
General Manager.
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THE WESTERN1 UNION TELEGRAPH COMP ANT.
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EDISON. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HARRISON N.J.
Personal.
A. 0. Ta^e» Esq. / — y N <"> /'"s v
Orange, N. J.
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My dear Tate:- ^ ^ V. v ^ ^ ^
I return letter of the Automatic Phonograph Exhibition
Co., as well as copy; of my letter.
I desire to state that my letter to Mr. Regan was based
upon information sent me fay Mr. Wangeman and ’"r. Howell, namely,
that the instruments at the Minneapolis Exposition were not oared
for in a proper manner, and flailed to work. Since that time, the
instruments have been more carefully looked after, and are now
giving satisfaction. I think that an instrument which will take
money and yield no returns, should be very carefully watched, and
should be strongly protested against, in case it continues. I
was informed that this was the case and made my protest according -
iy.
I wish you would write the officers of the American
Phonograph Exhibition Co., and, state that. I have no intention
of branding them in any way as cheats, or criticizing the Automa¬
tic Phonograph Co., in New York, beyond the fact of the lack of
proper attention in Minneapolis.'
At the Minneapolis Exposition, the automatic phonographs
were scattered in various points of the buildirg and did not
A. 0. Tate, Esq. , #2.
receive attention for long periods. of tine ai*ege Llna"-.—
Recently, the automatic phonographs had been assembled
in one spot, under the care of a competent person and are giving
perfect satisfaction to all concern**^- *
I consider that the Automatic Phonograph Co. were the
greatest sufferers by the bad performance of their apparatus at
Minneapolis and that their interests were best served by a sharp
letter, calling attention to .the lack of proper attendance.
Yours truly.
2 enclosures.
lAOl’ATlOii^
phonograph
[ENCLOSURE]
The enclosed copy of a letter from Mr. Francis
R.' Upton under date of Sept. 8th was sent to us by the Minnesota
Phonograph Co.V *
We hardly think that Mr. Upton was justified in sending that
letter, and virtually giving our Company a black eye, especially
where Mr.' Edison is interested in our Company. We should think
that if Mr.' Upton had Mr." Edison's intorest at heart, he would
have taken the trouble to call upon the Minnesota Phonograph Co.
and call their attention to the fact, that the machines were out
of order, and would have put himself out of the way to see that
the machines were put in proper shape; or he might have immediate¬
ly telegraphed to us, calling our attention to the natter, and
you may rest assured that we would have taken inrnediate steps to
see that the machines were either taken away, or properly adjust¬
ed." The Minnesota Phonograph Co.' inform us to-day, that the
machines are wo iking very satisfactorily, and they have little or
no trouble with the same. Which goes to prove that if Mr. Upton
had immediately communicated with the Minnesota Phonograph Co.',
it would not have been necessary for him to take such arbitrary
[ENCLOSURE]
A.' 0. T. (2)
steps in this natter*
Your letter of September 6th to Mr. Sanuel Insull, in refer-
onoo to tlie Edison-Lolando battery was duly received by us, and
we will send you a reply as soon as we have a Board meeting,
which will be in the course of the next few days*'
Respectfully yours,
Enclosure.’
[ENCLOSURE]
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY . .
HARRISON? N. J.
Sept. 8th,. 1890.
Wnu M. Re/jan, Esq., General. Manager,
Minneapolis Industrial Exposition,
Minn eap ol is , Minn •
Dear Sir:-
I understand that the automatic phonographs at your
exposition are giving very poor service, in fact, that they are
practically a cheat upon the public.
I consider that it is an outrage to allow any catch penny
affair to bo shown in your exposition, especially, such as cheat
in so many instances, as do the automatic machines.
Yours truly,
Francis R. Upton,
General Manager.
Respectfully referred by Minnesota Phonograph Co.
(COPY)
Oct. I Oth, 1890
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
HARRISON N.J.
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A. 0, Tate, Esq. ,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
We have received a letter from Mr. Wangemann, dated
Minneapolis,0ct.4th,'of which the following id an extract:
" I have received a telegram from the North American
Co. to leave most of the phonograph supplies and phonographs which
are here, with the Minnesota Phonograph Co. I also received a
telegram from the Laboratory telling me to leave the batteries herq
I send you enclosed a receipt for the matters left here;.! also
enclose a copy of which has to be charged to the Minneapolis
Industrial Exposition.
The last week of the Exposition has been a very great
success. Yesterday, Friday, in the evening alone there was an
attendance of 18,000 people. The attendance to-day will probably
be the largest one. I had the pleasure here to have Mr. Strauss
see the phonograph and he was just as delighted as he was last
year in Vienna." ,
We have forwarded the memoranda and receipt went by
Mr. Wangemann to the Phonograph Works, as he requested, and notify
you of’ the same in order that you may be fully informed on this l it
matter.
General Manager.
No enclosure.
PHONOGRAPH dictation. •
0ct.I0th,I890
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
' , HARRISON N.J.
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A.Q Tate, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N..T.
Dear Sir:-
Referring to the phonograph material and the phonograph
batteries which were sent to the Minneapolis Exposition, we beg to
inform you that we have written to the Phonograph Works and to
Edison Manufacturing Co. upon this subject. Mr. Wahgemann has
returned some mat erial,and some has been turned over by him to
the Minnesota Phonograph Co.
We telegraphed to Mr.Wilson Howell yesterday to ask if
bolls for the phonograph matters had been rendered to the Exposit¬
ion. We have to-day received the following telegraphic reply
from Mr.Wm.M. Regan,General Manager of the Minneapolis Industrial
Exposition.
"Howell has just shown me your telegram. Wangemann left
a memorandum of items to be charged to the Exposition and of ‘
articles delivered to the Minnesota Co-, or returned but left no
bill or prices he saidhe would turn in a duplicate of this memor¬
andum to the Phonograph CO,."
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
No- enclosure
Yours truly.
k * b«ir _ £* 0*fc<* . t
SAMUEL INSULL.
My Dear Edi£
I 0 BROAD STREET,
New York, October 13 t,h ■ _ 1890
When Rathanau w as hero from Berli^^Bijs^d^a
conversation with him about showing the Phonograph at FrankfortX
I f ind that the exhibition there started in May and will last until
October of next year.
I write this letter to remind you of your promise to him.
He has written me about the matter and asked me for some further
assurances f>’om you.
Will you please let me know what your intentions are?
Yours very truly.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
i HARRISON N.J.
Edison Mfg. Co.,
Orange, H. J.
Oct. 16th, 1390.
Gentlemen:-
Your favor of tho 15th inst. is duly received, and
we note what you state in regard to the material having been cha¬
rged to us according to Mr. Tates instructions. It still remains
a fact that the material should never have been charged to us, asi:
we stated specifically when the goods were first ordered that they
ought to be billed against V/m. M. Regan, Gen. Manager of the Minn¬
eapolis Exposition Co.
It seems to its that if you delay the matter any longer you
run a risk of the bill not being paid. The Minneapolis Exposi¬
tion has been over and done with nearly two we cks, and every, day .
that the matter is delayed will make it more difficult for you to
collect bill, as each additional bill rendered now will be more
severely criticised than its predecessor.
If we took hold of this matter, we did so for the benefit of
Mr. Edison and all the interests with which he is connected, and
made ourselves thego between?so as to save time and trouble both
to youand to Mr. Regan. V/e assumed no responsibility for the
battery or -parts;; of: them and were somewhat surprised when the bill
was sent to us, made out against this company.
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Vie have called your attention fully to this matter, so that you
may give it immediate attention and not run any risk by any fu
ther delay, whatever.
Mo enclosure .
General Manager
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION
bear Sir:-
We will send you by mail the set of proofs taken
from electro-types which we have forwarded to Mr. II. Ward Leonard
at # 10 & 18 Broad St., Mew York. These electro-types are cuts
made of the different parts of your exhibit at the Paris Exposi¬
tion, and I have sent you these proofs thinking that some time
or other you might desire to use some of them.
They will be kept inMr. Leonards Dept., as he now has charge
of all the matters pertaining to the literature oof 'the business.
Yours truly,
B, <3. Hjifaz
General Manager.
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16 Broad St.,
Nov/ Yoi’k CityaJ^
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Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I have yours of October I5th,v/ith relation to
the Frankfort Exposition.
I do not think it worth while at the moment to speak to
Mr. Jesse Seligman on this subject, but when a favorable opportuni¬
ty occurs I will confer with him and ask him whether he thinks the
United Edison Phonograph Company had better make the exhibit.
Yours very truly,
No enc.
SJc (Kottrmv be ^onbres
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Journal Politique,
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MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. 1890
f\ General Deseriptioi) of pie U/orK
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1890. Fort Myers (D-90-41)
This folder contains correspondence, property tax receipts, and other
documents pertaining to the maintenance of the homes and properties of
Edison and Ezra T. Gilliland at Fort Myers, Florida. Included also are letters
regarding the proposed sale of property. Many of the letters are by William
E. Hibble, caretaker.
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following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine bills and
receipts regarding goods purchased and services performed at Fort Myers.
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1890. Glenmont (D-90-42)
This folder contains correspondence, bills, and other documents relating
to the furnishing and maintenance of Glenmont, Edison’s home in Llewellyn
Park. Most of the correspondence concerns mortgage payments and insurance
policies. There are also letters about lighting fixtures and a request from the
Electrical Engineer to publish a photograph of the home.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: bills and receipts for
routine services; payroll accounts for grounds keepers; meeting announcements
for the Llewellyn Park proprietors; letters of transmittal.
Related documents pertaining to miscellaneous household purchases can
be found in D-90-09 (Edison, T.A. - Bills and Receipts).
Prom Mr1.' Insull to MrV A'. O'. Tate; telephoned from MrW Insull' s
Nov; York office 12 : 30 a', m* , April 12, 1890'.
Major Eaton has to pay §76,0881.34 to Arnold, Constable & Co.
on Monday morning at tv;elve o'clock'. We should have a certified
check for this amount at Major Eaton's office early Monday morning.
This must be attended to without fail'. If you have not got
enough money in the German National, you had better ask Mr1. Edison
about making transfer from Drexel, Morgan & Co'. ; then get the
check certified and send in to Major Eaton1. Don't overlook this-
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EATON 8. LEWIS
S.B. EATON
/(? (plfy/rpcit '/tf/r.t/?/ (EQUITABLE BUILDING)
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Thomas A. Edison, Bsq.»
Ifear Sir:
I beg to say that tbs mortgage on your residertb* at
Llewelyn Park was discharged today. Both mortgages and the bond
were surrendered to me. We shall at once have the satisfaction
pieces touching- the two mortgages filed in Essex County, New Jer¬
sey, and then send you all the papers in the premises.
Your certified cheque for $76.,jQ83v34 Was duly re¬
ceived today at the hands of tfr. Ineuil and was used to discharge
the mortgages as stated above.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
, Llewellyn Park,
New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
('office#
EQUITABLE BUILC
I beg to Inform you that X have obtained from Messrs.
Arnold, Constable & Company, sixteen policies of insurance upon
your residence at Llewellyn Park, each running in favor of your¬
self, loss, if any, payable to Arnold, Constable 4 Company. The
delay in getting these policies has been oaused by the absence of
Mr. B. P. Watson, the attorney for Messrs. Arnold, Constable A
Company, from the City, but I had assured myself that such delay
could not in any way be prejudicial to you, and therefore consent¬
ed to await Mr. Watson's return before insisting upon the delivery
of the policies. Baoh policy will now have to be presented at the
offiee of the Company making the same, in order to have the assign¬
ment of interest from Messrs. Arnold, Constable & Company to your-
self, properly noted upon the Company's records. one half of the
policies were taken out through Mr. John H. Wood, of this City, and
I shall attend to the reoord of the transfers so far as these pol¬
icies are concerned.
The other half were taken out through Messrs
Agens & Jackson, of Newark, and these I send you herewith in order
that you may have them delivered to the said Newark agents for a
similar purpose. I also enclose a form of receipt which you had
better have the said Newark agents sign upon the delivery of the
policies, inasmuch as the said policies will of necessity remain
in the hands of the said agents for some days.
- The policies which I shall attend to myself, through Mr.
Wood, will be sent to you by me, in due time.
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Very truly yours,
Re Arnold & Constable Mortgage. I send you herewith the
remainder of the policies of insurance recently obtained by me from
Messrs. Arnold, Constable A Co., upon each of which I have had not¬
ed the assignment of the interest of the mortgagee to yourself, so
that they are all now payable to you. These policies are as fol¬
lows: Nos. 861,409 and .261, 524 in the German American Insurance
Company; Nos. 1^234, 228 and 1,234,831 _in the Lancashire Insurance
Company; Nos. 210,188 and 210,189 in the Union Insurance Company
of Philadelphia; No. 213,120 in the Greenwich Insurance Company;
and No. 1,243,098 in the Guardian Assurance Company. The total
amount of insurance represented by these policies is $47,000 arid
they cover your dwelling house and other structures erected upon
your premises at Orange. All the other policies reoeived by me
were sent to you
the 30th; ult.
Very truly yours.
TA k - f/ws <£_
I enclose you copy of a letter which I have re¬
ceived from Mr, Lem aire, the Manager of our Fixture Department.
Mr.Lemaire is, like all Frenchmen, of a very excitable nature,
and I suppose he thinks that if you want fixtures for your house
you would naturally call on us to supply them. I think it would
be very much better for Mr.Lemaire to see you and find out *at
you want, rather than to get your ideas through Hertz. Bros.
Yours truly.
Second Vice Pres dent.
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PHONOGRAPHIC DICTATION.
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Q3I30R GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.,
RTfTDRE « DECORATIVE BRONZE DEPT-,
etb Filth Ave.
New York, August 15th, 1890.
gamuel .Insull, Esq.,
sna. ■aice President.
Dear Sir;-
Is Mr. Edison having anythin* done lv) his house? This
is a very important point to me and .1 should ISkfcto Kt^; very much, as
I have had demand from Hertz Bros, who are a tfciro ratas^| cj
ators, ashing that a draughtsman te sent to them Tor so*s n. v>.-r=;
required in J?r. Edison’s house. Sow, tht.; u rather v:i.<c-h,u cc ;
the head, as if anything is going to be designed for Mr. i,
aware I wish to do it myself and do not care to do It throw!, vcy t-V;;
rate house tc show our goods. I remain, dear sir,
Yours very truly.
Electrical Engineer. /%
[iNCOUrORATRD.]
1 IVeehfy Review of Theoretical and Applied Electricity.
New York, 150 Broadway,
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1890. Mining - General (D-90-43)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling. Included are requests for information about Edison’s
mining and ore milling machinery. There are also letters concerning the
purchase of various state geological surveys and maps and the acquisition of
mining property in Rockland County, N. Y.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine requests from
surveyors for money; routine correspondence concerning survey maps;
unsolicited inquiries regarding Edison’s ore separation process; letters of
transmittal.
Related material can be found in D-90-64 (West Orange Laboratory).
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Jany. 8th 1890. ^
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Your favor of Dec. 2(ith 1889 with reference to
Magnetic Ore Separator, is received.
I arn interested in a mining property which contains a
gold and silver ore. We are now mining ore which nets at the
smelter $30. to $40. a ton. In mining this ore it is necessary
to take out a quantity of low grade material v/hich we are success¬
fully concentrating by means of the ordinary jigging and table
process. This low gnado ore contains about 30/ of iron, which
is successfully extracted by the mill. This iron, as iron, has
no market value, but our object in treating the ore is to get
rid of the iron and accompanying gang
The question arose whether it might not be cheaper to
extract the iron by a magnetic separator than to do so by the
method we now use. We know that the iron is magnetic and can
be extracted in that way, but as the iron is a tailing and of no
value when extracted, you can readily perceive that it would not
pay us to give a royalty for its extraction, as the difference
in expense between the method now used and the use of the magnttib
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separator, we do not think would be a dullar a ton.
We felt inclined to purchase a magnetic separator of
some sort for the purpose of experimenting as to the difference in
expense between the two methods. You aan thus see that we are
not intending to use a separator for the purpose of treating
iron ores, and it is therefore not necessary to enter into nego¬
tiation for the erection of a mill for the treatment of such ore.
In view of the circumstances, would you be willing to
sell one of your separators, and if so at what price? or, if you
are not willing to sell one, would you rent one and on what terns,
provided we gave a guarantee not to use the same for the treatment
of iron ores?
Very truly.
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I: wafe- detained from my office yesterday by a- severe cold, ahd cannot
yet; sair; what; day I; will be able- to- go- to;- Maryland to; examine- the- water- power
there.-
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? It met* Mriday- Goofee today;-who;- is- the- principal owner of the- great;,
water power of - the-St'.'Lbuis- River at-tbe-bead -of -Lake Superior;!; told him- that;
Ii had' a';oomtnlsslon! to; examine- a’-proporty so-- as- to;- obtain- 25;-000' H;P,by- water
I: did not; tell him whore the- -power wasjor for wham the - examination- was to-be-
made; But; if you- have- no- ob.lection- to- my doinR so-I; think- that; be- would be -likely
to- make a: definite proposition- if - he knew- you were- look! ns for power.-
- I: of -course- do- not- know- whether the location- would meet; your
approval or- not; but; it- strikes me that- for the treatftient-of -oopner mat.te;Duluth
would be an- advahtaReous location; tha-;Copper- beinR' brouRbtrfroo- the- Montana:
• mines;there- treated and shipped either by- rail or water eastward.- This large-
water nower ooilild be -utilized, and in- addition- the cheap- fuel which -prevails at;
Duluth;owinR to- the low fpelphts westward- would be- advahtabeohs.- Ii do; not- know.
- whether I: eker sent; you a' copy of -my report;upon- thts-property;but! l; enolose one-
by satae -malltvmatked with- a' blue- pencil so;. that-ybb-oah- see at;- ai plahoe : the
more-'-promlnent-foaturBs-
I; understahd .that- Mr* Cooke and his associates have offered the
entire .property- lncludlnB'.the- water .powerrboonij 4500 aores of ;land, iObarteEs-eto,'
for one million- dollars. -.-I; think however an- aErahgement; Conld.;be -.hade, to;
oooperate-.with. them, if. .you so1 doslte.-.Ii merely; send ;you this- inforfiiatlonv as ;Ii
thought- It; wpuld ibe'iOf .possible- service- to-;you.'
Yours Truly-.--
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Orange, N.J,
University of the Stale of Nao York
New York State Library
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Dear Mr Edison: Ths librarian in charge r extorts as follows on
your inquiry about maps: "We have the large county maps of Warren
& Orange Co’s published in 1850 ?, 1059. They are the best, but ere
out of print. Have also Beers' Atlas <hf Warrenlln^ published in I07S.
Best map of N.Y. stale, is- hy-J?reneh , published in TOGO). Have also
Bridgman’s published in 1005, but is not so good.11
I feel that your comment on the Geological Survey of the State
as a disgrace, is just. At our meeting the other day, George William
Curtis was made a special committee to look into the matter. We meet
again next Thursday. It would strengthen us, who are working to have
this made what it oujljht to be. very much if you would write me a
letter expressing your views which will reach me by Wed , next.
Very truly yours
~yiijJ?AnX
Referring further to your letter of 24th instant,
Mr» hdison wculd like to obtain a copy of Beers’ Atlas of Warren
County, published in 1876, and French’s Map of N. Y.. State, pub¬
lished in i860, both of which you mention in your lottier above re¬
ferred to. Can you supply him with these?
T.A-. aaiison'. Esq:
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Dear Sir:
I! visited tlie- saterv power on< the- Susquehanna; River.;.above- Port; Deposit;
jM3> ahdcma'de .a'. general-examination’. of - iti-
..If found that; the- river- has a! liberal -..fail; approximating that.- glveirhy-
the-.Cbnsusi and;. comparing.'' the-- figures .obtained'. from, the- levels of the- Susquehanna'
: and Tide- Water canal .on- the west; sido~:of , the- river; and of the Columbia' and Port;
'• Deposit;- railroad. :onv the: .east;. si dei. If. should estimate that; the fall in’.9 miles
was. about; 80 feet;.' The : only- improvement; of. note on- the river is the pulp mill
: of the- Susquebahnal Water.. Power and; Pulp, Co* on1 the west side of the rtver;whiob
obtains;. Its:. bead, by a wing dam’, about;, one-.. half way across the stream.- Ai quartz
mill:- also;. uses; a'. part: of the-. power .of the Cdnowingo; Creokyon’ the- eabt- side;-'
■ Ir learned . that--. the-. property wah- understood to- be held by- the
Philadelphia; Reading- RailEoad:-, Co-.; and. noted that tho Columbia:- and Port -Deposit.
. cailroad[a:.brahcb-of tberRsnnsylvahla' railroad! occupied portion- of the. .canal •
..property; and: until I; know; the: status of -ownership, no- reliable estimates- of cost;
-. >f : improvements -could be.. presented;' I;.have . made the necessary: inquiries of the-
: jahd-. Agent; of;. the;. Philadelphia'. & Reading: railroad. Co; ; and from him' learn* that- the
'- ki^l®'- is - still, with the. Maryland. Canal. Company;- [the .control ..of: which .is., held. by- ,
’• Philadelphia' & :Raa'ding:.Railroad Cov! and: that;. this- title haMng':.been;. obtained
: ihrough iCbmmissioners'.inv condemnation’: is:. practically: a':. fee. '.He absertA- that;, this ;
- rater irightr.property- is.:inta'ct; that; the- Pennsylvahia- railroad, are- by: agreement;
' lound ..tov. replace'.. the '-'Cahali. where: they have occupied:: lt;;etc. clf.ain- promised’ aboess [:
. .ov.allmaps. and;.otber ; data?.tbe:..last; of .tbis-:week,;ahd ;.will .go-, over- the details- j
. fully-., after, whioh If will Continue- my . examinations:. ahdi.make" the: requisite-,
^calculations.-
.If you should, liko.to-; see. the . power .with -too after:. I MiaVe:. examined: the-, maps
nto, I.'; will wla'dlv have- you: aOoomoa'ny.me-.-
send. this .preliminary; report, to- you tov post: you, and to- let-. you. know. that
I; have-, the- work lnvpropress.-
This old cabal;. was- built-; early in’ the- present- century for the double ouFose
of carrvinn lumber, and of furnishing power . to: saw mills* The- declivity of the
oanal- therefore- is. areator thajv is necessary for power purposes, but- the width of
the:. canal . is not- sufficient;. to; carry- the- whoie-. volume: of water which, eaiv.be: taken
_from- the- river1, ahd: it would, probably: .be: advisable. to’;ma'intaini a- portion- of , this
declivity:. so-.. ah: to-aot:.from a. canal of small cross. sectioni-pra'cticallythe some
ateounti.of . water; ah- would-be- delivered. under less velooity in- a: larger cahal.-
Ploahe:,let;.me . know how soon- yotr.must; have: the- report; so-, that: I; man- oua'pe- iny .
work accordingly, -
TACT
Mr* S« 0. Edison has handed ma the dead of
the property of the New Jersey Iron Mining Company, for the pur¬
chase of which you paid §1,500. How shall I treat this purchase?
Is the property to remain in your name and on our books, or is it
to be transferred to the Concentrating Works? The papers are in
41 Worth St.
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Engineering OfficIs,
25 N.E, City Hall Square,
Philadelphia, Pa.
fhonai A. Sell son. Esq.
Philadelphia; April 2nd. 1890.'
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Orange;1 N.J.1
Dear Slri
I;baVe: to’ report the following oonoerntng the eater :
povar o'ni the lower Susquehanna' River. The;. locatlan- of this powpr U
gl<wn’ In- the Tenth Census Vol. XVI; page 582 Is Inoorreot.ah the old
crahat oonstraoted by the Maryland Cabal Company does not: atakt- at:
Paabh Bottoa, bat 3 BUaa beloa; that' points
The wing date commences olosetoi the boundary- line: b».U»B»’
Pennsylvania! ahd Maryland, and extends for. about: 1600 feet: to> the
entrahoe- to 'the1 Cabal which la .14 "#Hea -above- Perryvllla.Tbe entire:
eahal' ahd wing: date ate within- the state of Maryland.
FALL AND POWER, '
The fall of the strealn ah given1 In' the Census report; via
80 feet: Is a18S*erron^ous, for the levels of the Columbia! 5 Port:
Deposit. Railroad show that at’ Haines Station*^ miles from Port
Deposit: the track Is 79 feet1 above meatr tide;' at: Port. Deposit; the:
traok la 12 or 14 feet' above the river. This leaves s' fall of 85
feoti- The levels of the Susquehahna' and Tidewater Cabal, also: show;
that' the river at the ordinary stage.at: the boundairy llooi between'
Pennsylvania! ahd Maryland la 88.95 feet- above mean- tide.- It1 la tbereforr
equitable In’ the absenoe of ahy exaCt boatrumental aurveys oV^tbe^
Cabal toi assume; the available fall from the head galea to> Port: Deposit:
to: be 85 feet;- Of this "Mil aboot> 26 feet: Is obtained In’ the .2.1-2-
alles from the wing date toi the mouth of ConealngorGreelr, of the
jreaalntng fall about: 20 feet- osnura In' the. 3 miles between- the mouth
of Conewlngo'-ahd Ootoraira! Creeke, ahd about' 20 feet’ between1 the mouth i
of the Ootoratsi Creek abd tide water.ardlatahoe of three ml lee.- j
Allowing therefore for depth of flow: and for tba declivity
of the oahal.to< deliver water ah’ available tall of 80 feet In- 8 1-2 ;
allea eah- be fairly eatlmated for, which altb motors ofgood efficient
oy should produoe about 5 H.P.- for eabb cable foot: of water passing :
the oahal per second.- fm obtain- 26,000 horse power from this source j
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a) flow of 6,000 cable feet- per eeeond will be repaired.- This at: a)
mean-velocity- of 3 feet: per seoond vcrald require- al eater way with ah’
afceat of 1700 equate feet; If tble atooaat: of power is required at: one:
point: the old Maryland Canal property- pahnot:^ -be'; depended oponvahd Hi
la doubtfoll .lt so’ great: ai power oahi be probtlealljr obtained ewenvbr
dividing the fall Into> tw»< or three parts. . If euoh power is obtain-'
aUe;:otber property1 tbah' that, of - the Canal Coapahy vpuld -baWe toi be:
furntthed.-for ln< Bono plabes- tbe- right: of way- Is not:; greater ~thah< 80
fest;ahd for moot- of file dleteliee the dlstahoe it.’ls 100 feet *Me:
Alter allowing; for the slope of sldes.a! flowape depth of 5 feet would
glve ' ah’ available abea) not: to< exoeed 400 squabe feet In’ a’ right of
wnSr 100 feet: wlde.ahd If the bahfc# on’ the river side were raised,
tbisobeai would be less. Therefore ai- discharge- of over 1200 eubto
feet, par seoond. oould not: be obtalnodiunless some of the head wab
at %honr/ walls: tonfe the-, plabe. efoabth . OBbahtawnt*-
sahrlfloed to» obtain' greater veloolty^ahd the available power would
be- ray- 6,000 horse power .us 1 ng the right# of the Maryland Cahal
Company- on-ly; •
These figures abe- at: groat, variance with those given- in>
the Ceneua report; vim, from 71, 000 to’ 94; 600 horse poger;but' In’ tbe:
cabry- this a^ oahal- of immense -abea’ would be required; -
THE. RI8HT OF MAY.-
I- ala informed by Mr. f;H. tooats; Real Estate Agent: of the
Philadelphia! and Reading Railroad Co; that: the Maryland Cahal Company
la still in- aststenee;thd all of tts rights are lntat>t;the Phlladel-
Phis’ and Reading Rallroqd Company oontrotllng them; -
The CMNHi) ahd Port Deposit: Railroad bah been’ built ■
alongside of the Cahal. and m some iMtahaea hak eneroabbed uponv the
right: of way;hot. Mr.looals aSserta that by oontraOt the Chesapeake
and Pori Deposit railroad Company agree to> restore the right: of way
where ooonplerdfbnti this elll be veryexpenstve.ahdll: le donbtfnl If
It will be oabrtad ootwlihoot mtgatlonyalthough the agreement:
speolf toally- deolabee that: -each restoration' shall be- made;-
Philadelphia, Pa, ' ...
Aseuaing however that, this restoration-will be akteably
made-, the: following deser lptlon- ahd estimate will ■ give you ahideai
ot the proper tyiabd the probable: oost: of plahtng It In-order tor q«e
-'The wtag daiD which projects welt iatgi ^ia gtrertyappears
to' be la- fair order b*jst will require;, fome;. repair. • Toi get a) greater
tall from the rapids. above the wjtng data the Cabal, would ,babe- to-.be.
"■**!?“&$? iWPf! ftbd.joarrtedjou^; »ntPi;the: rf*er*aw Jbq railroad
trabk-enbahknent; Is at- the:. Water**, edge;.; The: date ah It. is oah- be
repaired tq- divert- all od the water, wbioh the present: Canal right of
wair - oahv. oatry; It: connects with- ah' islahd ;|mpwn- i* the deedah ?raht
Novi* wbioh .contains 4. Ir3 . acres, v This islah* peril!. of ah- ewoeilent,
wahte wetr between' It: ahd the main- lahd,To- construct; ai dam, to- torn
this- weir will cost: say-J 1600 . ,
Tract: Nov2 contains 14 oores, ahd on' It: the old'entrahoe
looks 'abe: located, the' wood work has long since decay# diahd the: stone
work is somewhat, damaged. The width between- walls Is but 18 feet;' A:
reconstructlon-of this look, and the- erect! pw of strong head gates, will
be nooessaryi for which such of the atone oah- be used.; To-make. .these
entrance- gates- of akple slae to. pahs sumelent Voluoe of water would
oost: about $5;500 ,
The locks, oahal and .railroad 'oocupypractloally-atl of
Tract: Noi2, which Is ai narrow strip along the river back, ahd wbioh
oaht only be widened «W heaWy cutting Into- abrupt- rook, fahww at:
several points. The Cabal Is olose to- the rtwer. for about 3,000. feet:
ahd , for -pert: qf this distaboe it: Is maintained by a saiatantial stone
retaining Walli- Bear Bald.Prior .the railroad again- , crowds the oahal
ahd at: tbta. statloofnboqt:3r-4 mile from the head gates! the oegleote#.
..oahal backs bake been’ part* al ly cut. away; by- ;ai Creek -entering- at.: that-!
points Between:.' Bald Pri or ahd fConewii|gq- fi^reek ; 1 S*-4 Hies there would ,
be no- serious dlffteultar in' widening or raising the Canal, for nob of
thle distance, neebir two- alias, the level of the water surface Is i
close to- ahd sonstlees below the general surface' lewel.-
*
A* the baa of the Oahal la fllledap.o’ lergeafcounV-of
•attboould be obeaply' obtalaod.shd ewaept ln tho points above-Ben-1
Monad tbv reeonstrnotton< and antabgeaenV of the Cabal Hnotespwn-'
•*vow It the Railroad Ooopany roplane the portion- of tbr Canal vbiab
It bab obwtwuotedorraaovedrtbeGahal oonld be pnV 1m order tonoafcry
*ajr f*O00-enbto feat; of water -per aeoond-' for 'ebonV S 6.060'
caabbtng’ttenaalngotOrtak^thaCahnliMUaaafbroogbftsbt^
Nov2»aen«toned atovevabd alao- frabti NbtS {content ng 19 ebraa*r rood,
ohd 31 paeebailiahd tn*o!ttal>tfHbt<4 taontah»nr;44 sbraali-
Noalr the noutb of Cona V* ngo<; Gr eoki-B: 8. - ahd Ji 0. • Salih v have
parobaaed',*,!portton' of thoi Cflrtjpahy,*: ppoparlr-an! »hiab ;lf'’aJ Btii-iar
grinding- qaabtn; with tbeproperty fa Bold the right; to- avnpeoifted
ataoant of water Iron Gonowlngo'- Croak. •
At' Conairlngo. Creek ai good alto for Bill powers could . be
- obtained,-.
Taking the level of the- trab|t at tba bead gates at 79 teat:
above aeon- ttde;abd deducting 14 feeV-tov Water level.wBhaVa ai- level
of 65 faatv Tba level ol the railroad araistng st Gonewtngoi Creek
la 70 leetfWblOb la . 8 feat above the Water tn> tbe data In- theoreak.
The level of this data la therefore 62feet»and Into- thts tba' Cahal
oah> eapty; ahd a: fall ? of • eajr: 20 faet^obtalnad; < • This with a) voinaei of
1,000 eubto foat per second will prodooeaboat 1600 borsepowerto
eecwPe vhlohatr expenditure of’: probably- $;4;6®0Wlll be* robnlfadi •
The original Conn! continued - f roa tbledaw.bat -ahnar entrance
bonld be nadevin- tbeweewUaatea bowever,tbe oonttnnatlon’ of tba
Cehat tba fornar lawai, and f n-fant biwbar la oonaideredvabdtbu
; doe. aot per.lt of nttilataw tba power atCon.vln*oW#p,uu,r - ■
For the three ail er between the ConewlBgO’-ind Qotor ate) Oreekv
the railroad and mm i da nan Mr wldebr.ide.tbe fovaer enoroabbiag
MV little ov tba latter.: I* peiwev tbroegb Trent tat* above aewttewd
MM aleo- Tract »0w5 feontalatng 4 3-4 ateealTrehV KowftfMwtalnlag 16
abraw 28 perches], Tract Now 7 [10 acres, 2 rood » and 20 perebeal - and
Trant Now 8 [eontahlng 1 acre}, Tract Rsw6 -however- Web > sold In March j
1889,,bnt tba Cahal rlgbt. of way U rewerved.A large tract of lahd i
of 141 aores between- the Gaftal abd tbe River wab sold in- 1860 for j
36,000. j
25 K.E. City Hall Square,
Philadelphia, Pa.
One third of a' Mle from tbe Ootoraba' Creek On- Tract' So; •
B.toontabing 40 acres, 2 roods, 30 perohes] ate tbe remlns of three
loeks,ahd s’ log chute; Ch-d tbe tract' »H1 pernlt of utilising a: part
Of the power here.' The old power looks discharged lntortha Otstoraka’
Creek, which woe decreed to l height of 8 feet, this right: I: anderetahd
still belongs to the Marylahd Cahal Coapahy.
. . , '.ff: Oa-newlngoi. was uttltted, and' the water
discharged into- s lower level, there wpold probably be 18 feet: tall
here, which would gli we wltb 1000 cublo feet of water per »int*s;>l,600
horse power;but If the water was not: taken' front the Cahal at Conewlngo'
the fall would be about 38 feet; giving over 3,000 horse power, If
discharged into- the river tbe total fall would give say 3; 600 HorBe
power, but' the lower portion' of tbe Cahal would, not' be sc valuable.-
Tp; repair aid enlarge the Cahal between. Conewlngo' Bridge
ahd the . power locks In Traht No; 9 will' cost, about M.0BC
Tot reconstruct ahd widen: the- old looks ahd build a! new.
tall race to. river will east $;6,600'
If a new: dab Is built across the Oetarata' It will add
fully $10,000 to' the oost.
If the cahal discharges Into: this new daft it. will
dooreabe tbe fall available at the Oolaratai Creek, but will cake the
lower stretch of the Cahal, viz that between1 Oetarata Creek ahd Port
Deposit give a bte t tor fall, ahd It would add to' tbe voloce of Ootatata
Creek tc the volume, froa the Cahal.-
Between toe
three lilies, the CChal pasBos through
Tract NO; 10 oontshlng 1 acre, 3 roodp, 1
perohes
•>. NOill
Row ID
*•" Rot. 13
Soil 4
So; 15. '
•: So; 16
*: So; 17
No; 18
15 acres.
9-1-t seres.
14 acres,
1 acres.
18 stores, 2 roods, 16 perohes.
67 1-4 screw.
1 3-'4 acres.
ES M
The- Cabal is not. elope: to* tber railroad line for one ball
»I36' below; Optatate* Cr e ek.bu t I a elpaato*,H tor tbs ne« Uo third,
of a? 81 le; Then* for one • bal f p'atle: the Cabal abd railroad are sepskate
atadwhen they approach abate tbe railroad occupies partpftbeolt !
Cabal bod tor »< portion- of tba hawtBtle.On: frabt* Nb;16 Is atr old !
Bill which eah' be ntlltabd a* a’ water power, ahd near this fn> ftabt-
Hbvl? were tba lock.. From tbeae to* tba and of the C*ht! property Is
ona - bait a' atie. this Outlet we* 600 faet baloa tba old Fopt fappelt
Bridge**. the length of tba Cabal property froa this point- to. tba
Odtapata). Creek la neatly three: alios, ' j
To* repair ahd widen* this portion, of the Cabal, the
railroad, doing Its pattMtoold coat: about* *4iOb0ahd tba oonptruotlon*
of new; loojta either at* tba. tqrnt* Bill or below will coat $!. 5,000' !
An* exatolnatlon* of the property of the Mabylehd Cabal Coop-'
ahy shows *1mw^ 18 trabts having, a- ooinbinod area! of about* 287 aftrea j
Buob of* It* being narrow strips of labd, embracing tba rl ght of way ,
: only;- On* tbe bab*s of tbe sale node; In- 1869 C141 1-2 acres tor: $6,0001
the' realty * could, not be. estimated at*§i3;000 abd the valoe of some j
of this depends upon* tba Colombia' & Port Deposit railroad Using up !
to. Us agreement. with tbe Harylahd CahalCompahy* In* both the letter j
abd spirit.
'VALUE OP TfiE HATER 'POKER. •
. As above stated; tbe ^ppatbnt available. Baklaum ..power
whlob the property; of' tbe;M8tylabd;Cehal»C0Bpahy-.pdpld,prodBea
wiiboot wery. litge ewpendttures for aaafconry walls l8 6;0^) borse
Power. Thu oould be augmented if* the waters of tbe OetataVe ebd
' ConewiBBo* Creeks a-fce IsPounded ebd use^Mt on tbe otber bahd the .
•i:.lfBHBd.rtfbtrof.B«y*Bay;restrir>t;tbB''VpaBB^'of^aUr.-dlwbatBed by
■S tbe oanal.' ,■';*■'■•
Wblle tt le , possible, teM pprk large plabtsofaeohlneryal
•aenaalaa. approabblng those ^.obtained by oeeah* steabers abd large
PBBping eegtaetyit seeas unjBBt to. t^ke ,Wfrltb aaeb; large Bebbtnery
a’ oonsoaptlon at lesa tbab 2 ponnda. of eoal pet .bojsr pet horse poser
Then 6,000 horse power :* 2 poandsoqueli 12, poOfrMn^fc of eeel per
hoa*i*h!eb. at 1-6 of •»! bent per poundeqoals $20* per boar. ..If the
25 H. E. CHy Hall Square,
Philadelphia, Pa.
plaht operates 125 boars per week the coat of fuel toald be $2500' !
per week,or say$120i000 par ateum, if thefullpowerwab used practice
ally oobtlnuously,exoept Airing extreme htgb eater.'
To. put tbe oabal tn' order for use,abd widen- tt. so- ak toi
■oabry- lgooo. toi 1*200 cable feet; per second till ab abdve Indicated
retire, ah. expenditure of $30*000 to> $35, 000, abd' unless tbe railroad
restores tbe rt*t‘ Of ray tbe eostP #>41 be furtbSr safahOed. *
■ 'TbO' aiintaineOte Of -:8 jf*2^aii*e ;df.Cah«ii bank.Tepalring !
defectsiahd' keeping tbe water wajr free rill resutto eonslderslile
ahnual 'expensevahd tbe bi^j ; water wfitob iperfodteolly .ooonrs ini tbe
SttSquehabno’ ehd lts tributaries is. liable to. daltaft® tbe . oabal. 1 1;
would, estimate tbe .expen»e :of .Batnteinf Ur tba oshSl ahdiprovtdtnr il-i
: sinking fund- for - damages at- $10i 000 par abhum. -.We tbanc have tba
following . problem
Value of eoal toi produce 6,. 000. horse power $120,000 per abnutn.:
bass allowaboe for repairs 10.000 "i mt ]
Net- value of fuail^aved.- 110,000 »r
This is on- the assumption of , working neatly- continuously j
for 1.1 months.- if tba works are. run- 10,15 or 18 hours for day- tbe
saving in. fuel wpuld be $50, 000, $75, 000- abd- $100; 000 respectively. j
If the- estimate of the water power is baked on' ah- abnual rental of
$10 perhorsepowet.lt would represent ah-ineome of $80,000 per annum.
To. repair the Gahal ready for operation, will cost not
less tbsh. $30,000 and possibly $50*000, In. addition! wheels, Hums,
etc smst- be provtded.but these ate. eonsfdered ab offset by tbe cost. !
o^twbblnery.
At. Conewlngo Creek, neat tbetouth of the OotUtata’.ahd a* |
tbe Airat Jlil these atre good sites for improving the power, bwtl.
i InollM *® Pfefer tbe site neat tbe Qotsteta' Greek, abd believe 3,000
horse pover euttld be deweloped tbere.abd tbs -pawn below- Ur Oetarakk!
Creek eoeld be loproved later.
{b OMClsslon i ny say tbat if addttlowel labd i> obtalnad
* large ohd Iwportabt water power soold.be establisbed on a pabt of
tba property of the Natyiabd Oabal Cowpaby, abd 'in- that event it mal S
probably: beadwfwableto- utilise but a- portion- of the 81*2 ailes.-
Tlw: data' In' this report hati< been' obtained from at I attall able sources
exoept' abtual:: Instrumental surveyskahd these sill : be -essentia! tov
. form ah' absolute , estimate of the power. aVailablejahd its vnluei The !
original ;oahal having . bean.constructed, for transporting: lumber :wfth
incidental provisions for obtaintng sater power will need com Weratle
modification'. tor. fit' It for o' conduit to^oonvey: water. for -. power '.‘ontytvi
The construction' of vertieal^or sloping: walls ;of: masonry;
and increasing the velocity of flow: where. the right; of way. is
restricted, ahd the. enlaregment; of steal whore there- is staple lahd..vll|
.permit of Increasing the quantity of" water ■ f losingtper minute*.but; it;
will;;correepondingly increase the. expense.
Iihaye made several, visits, to the property, eKatained^pppt^
the maps ahd records obtainablei.and present; the abo-sto aB .. the result'
of my- inquiries.
' ‘ I: oah'-supply any additional details' or aboompahy you. j
over the property. I; will: cheerfully do1 so' .•
Respectfully Submitted.'
iKiNBme, / .PERSONAL. i i"^ . Sheets. No. .
=r ^ pgL'U^.^,
.My. Dear. Mr. Edison: Ci^ y<
.Answer, to your. favor: of Aprirr23rdi. has been; delayed: by; absenoe,. and.: I 'i
Have thought, It ; only. J ust : to aakeryou . the: following proposition. The. letters^.whloh
I have written. to you. lately: were Instigated by: a feeling that I . was not giving
you a fair, return, for the- money paid-, mei.and.-yet thlB was;: not ..from, any unwllllug-
ness,:on; my- own part but rather bsoause you. tier*:, so mboh engaged: lub. other: matters
: that nothing was presented to me from you tor Investigation. There are some
features, however wbloh-I Intended, to present to you. as soon. as. the data. was at
hand, for g'l'svln^' tbiSi.wbioh.:I think, will .be of material; aervloe to yov^Setween
this and the first of the oom.ing year several' oonoentratlng; plants wlll.be In
operation^ whloh-.I will be able to give you data* and: within that: fife :X:expeot
to have my Census statlstlos ready for publloatlon.after whloh : I will' be at
Liberty to use them.aB long as I do not Interfere with : Individual-. interests.
-Therefore: to: equalize matiersand make- my servloesv oommensurate: with
ooney reoelved^as; far: as: lu). my. power I propose If satlsfaotory.to :yoq: to aooept
- »ompensatlon up to the:|lrst .of . June nest».aending;you"on that date a reoeiptln
full .for;servloes. u|. to J(anuary.lstil891 That; Is .1 propose tp oontlnue as- your
lonsul ting engineer .f or. six months: wltbout oompenaatloni. tonokeup:for:thellght
lerTloes: whloh. .were:renderad.-onaooount;:ofryour.absenoe:In-:Burope: last. -fa|l-. and
the- pressure of other- business wbloh.preventedyoufroa.f ollowlng: up. thelineof
Inquiry lit whloh . I would hayne been most usefulfspf tr as: tp reoelys no. soopensatlon
for any servloes rendered up. to the 1st of January next* unless for. fol^owligr. out I
some partloular Inquiry. at. your. dlreottoa. whloh: would requires oonslderable
ixpendlturein.tlme -or for: expenses lnourred. In suoh-wor^.
:0ur relations have bean so pleasant: that ,-I.am; desirous, that you should I
Look, . baqk,. qn. your qanneotlou. ap having bieen.. of materlal asslstacoe to you^aud
lellevlng that:I oan aooompH.h this end within the next six months, I make. the
- - - - - . . . ‘.I— -i.
abova suggestion freely* and in making it I am; anxious that. you. should thoroughly
appreoiate my feelings in the. matter- Please advise me if : this meets . yourrjlews,
and:! Bill' aot aooordlngly.
EATON a LEWIS
S.B. EATON
ZIho . 74 fc
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r&CtdtC'CVy ( EQUITABLE BU
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Deal’ Sir:
Re Nelson Tract at Dunderberg Mountain. Your note
of yesterday has this moment been handed me by Mr. Edison and Mr.
de®d.has been executed by Nelson and Wife and warrants
title. Nelson thinks you ought to take the land on his warranty,
without waging for me to examine the title. The County Seat' of
TMr £iand °0Un.ty,iS at New City’ several miles back of Haverstraw.
I® somebody from my office to go there to examine the title,
would take until Tuesday, that is to say it would take one day.
Vmt via "Cl, U fe^s,on ffi11 wait for that to be done, if you insist,
but he says he had hoped to get the money today. Will you take
your chances about the title? If so, please send cheque to me by
bearer, for $3,00°, drawn to the order of Thomas Nelson. Do you
prefer to withhold paying the money until I search the title? If so
send word to that effect by bearer.
. Ev0n if you take your chances on the title, would
ear™ date? 18 8 ^ t0 S° UP ^ V9rify the title anyWay* at an
I should add that the warranty deed of Nelson. ,
Sirs rri'antS that y°U hSVe S S°°d title’ binds him and his
heirs, and he assures me that he is financially responsible.
Kindly send your instructions by bearer, and they
shall have my immediate attention.
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
/J20 EQUITABLE BUILDING)
Re Dunderberg Land Purchased from Nelson. I
beg to say that our investigation at the County Seat of Rockland
County showed everything to be about right, and yesterday the deed
was passed and we gave Mr. Nelson your cheque'. I shall now have
the deed duly recorded, and then send you a full report with the
deed itself.
Of course you know that Nelson has reserved the
right to cut timber until February I, 1892. Mr. S.O.Edison told
me you knew it, and had consented thereto.
Hoping the above will be satisfactory, X remain,
Very truly yours.
S.B. Eaton,
a thiJUst '<j
Pursuant to your letter received on the 20th
inst., I have prepared a form of license between the Ore Milling
Company and yourself, for the six counties in this State named
in your letter, and enclose one copy of the same herewith, for
your criticism and approval,
I also enclose a printed copy of the agreement
between the Ore Milling Company and the Concentrating Works, dated
November 18,1839, and have marked with black lines the places where
changes have been made. In reading these documents, you can assume
that no substantial changes have been made except where I have
marked with black lines'.
In the fifth se ction of your contract, how many
tons per day do you guarantee? I have left the amount blank.
Kindly return to me the three enclosures with
your coirments , and I shall then pass the matter along to Mr. Insull
to be acted on by the Ore Milling Company.
Awaiting your reply,
Very ■
Enclosures: Letter from Mr. Edison to Mr. Eaton, received May20;
Printed agreement of Nov. 18,1889, between Ore Milling Company and
Concentrating Works; and draft of proposed agreement between Ore
Milling Company and Mr. Edison, These three documents are to be
returned to Mr, Eaton',
' STATE OP NEW YORK, )
Oity and Oounty of Now York, )
T H 0 M A S N » 1 S 0 N, being duly sworn, da-
poses and says: That ho resides in the Oity of New York
i and is the person named as grantor in a certain warranty
deed, dated the day of May, I860, by which said deed
the following described premises are conveyed in fee to
Thomas A. Edison, to wit:
The Sheldon lot, of Andrew June, situated in the
Town of stony Point, Rockland Oounty more particularly
described as follows: BEGINNING in the centre of the
Public Road leading from Caldwell's to Mountville, adjoih-
^iing the land of said Andrew June at a point bearing South
^ tWenty_five aegrooB Waat seventeen links from a letter L.
U °Ut in ® r0Ck on tha North 8ida of said road, and running
from thence along the centre of said road: 1st. South
fifty-four degrees Bast nine chains'' and ninety links;
[2nd. East two ’'chains; 5rd. North sixty-nine degrees East
Ptwo chains and forty-six links; 4th. South eighty-two de-
"* Rre°8 Eaot four chains aiid*eighteen links; 8th. North
iseventy-two degrees Bast nine chains and thirty-four links;
|0th. North sixty-two degrees Bast two chains and fifty-five
j links; 7th. South eighty-eight degrees Bast four" chains
and eight links; 8th. South eighty-four degrees Bast throe
P chains and ninety-three* links; 6th. North eighty-eight de-
i Sreos Bast six chains and si^links to a point in said road
| opposite a hole drilled in the foot of a sliding rook on
, the South aide of said road and adjoining the Hend*$on lot;,
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thenoo alone eaid Hend^eon lot, South twenty-two and one-
half degrees West sixty-four o&ains to a pile alf etonee fbr
a corner on tho line of the Herbert lot; thence along said
Herbert lot North fifty degrees West forty-three chains to
the land of Fanny Herbert; thence alone the land of eaid
Fanny Herbert and land of eaid Andrew Juno North twenty-
five degrees East thirty-Bix chains to the place of begin¬
ning, containing one hundred and ninety-seven and fifty-
nine one -hundredths aoreB of land.
That deponent is tho eamo person mentioned in a oer- j
tain judgment for Sixty-one and 66-100 dollars costs, en¬
tered in tho Office of the County Clerk of Rockland County, j
on the 30th day of September, 1885, in favor of William E. j
Smith against Thomas Nelson,- George P. Nelson and Uriah
Hill; that the eaid judgnent is entered against defendant
in his representative capaoity as exeoutor of the oatato of
deceased, and not individually, and
that said judgment hae been satisfied, although not so
marked of record.
That there are no other Judgments against deponent
either in the State or Federal Courts in this 8tate, and
'that there are no liens or encumbrances of record against
: the above described property,
: Sworn to before me this )
day of May, I860. )
cr*-
Dear* Mr. Edison: -
I find that my memory was right last night when
I told you that the guarant eed JS)4a^ies touching the Ogden mine
had been paid. I shall send tomffull details- about it the
first of next week.
Very truly yours,
June 14 th.1, 1890, 1
S.' B. Eaton per C,'
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq
Dear Mr Edison:
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I was sorry to have missed you yesterday but have
read over' your note with interest and would suggest that as it is
a very easy trip to Brewster, we leaving New York at 11,10 A M, re¬
turning arriving at 9 o’clock, giving us a full half day there,
that youin the course of a week or so, run up there with me and
see the immense extent of ore that we have, our crushing plant etc
which I am enlarging for a crushing capacity of 60 tons per hour
and I have no doubt that we can arrive at some satisfactory ar¬
rangement.
There are many interesting points in relation to the position
of our mines vAiich are extremely favorable, and which I can
thoroughly explain to you,
I will hold myself in readiness to go practically any day
that you desire. -
Yours truly
J D Cheever, Lessee
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49TH STREET AND 4TH AVENUE.
NEW YORK, . July 14-Mi, . 18g 0
Gentlemen: C./S /
The- last time I met Mr. Edison he told me that 'in a short ^tirne ( ^
his apparatus for concentrating iron ore would be in full operation
and that I might have an opportunity to inspect it at the works.
I am particularly desirous to do this on account of a friend of
mine who has a large tract of land , in Northern New York, and he
thinks the apparatus might be of use to him. Will you kindly drop
me a line and let me know if it is in working order, and if my
friend and myself would be permitted to inspect it if we visited
the works, and how to get at them?
Very sincere!'-' yours,
C. F. Chandler, (per F.)
To the N. J. & Penna. Concent rating Company.
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ISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING,
New York , . July...21..,189.0..
Enclosed please find letter received from the Superin¬
tendent of the "Rocky Mountain District", in regard to some appar¬
atus for separating gold and silver ores.
I thought you might wish to take up this matter HWLth
Mr. Coster, the District Manager, direct. If however, you wish
us to take any action in connection with the same, we will be very
pleased to carry out any directions that you may give in regard
to it. (‘
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq,
Dear Sir:-
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Pursuant to the request of Mr. Perry, received
by us over the telephone, we send you herewith copies of the
leases of the Ogden Iron Company, the Sussex County Iron Com¬
pany and Michael Lienau, covering the Ogden, Davenport and Lehigh
Valley Mines. The Lienau lease covers an. undivided one-fourth
interest of the Lehigh Valley Mine, but is substantially the same
inform as the Coplay lease, covering Hn undivided one-half interest,
and the unexecuted Hare lease j,cove ring the remaining undivided
one-fourth interest. The Coplay lease and the proposed Hare lease
are both in the hands of Mr. Elliott and we are therefore unable
to send copies.
There are no maps or other data in our possession in
reference to any one of these mines.
Hoping the above will prove satisfactory to you„#B£/re-
main,
Very truly yours,
[TO SAMUEL G. BURN?]
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq . ,
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Dear Sir: — Yours of the /£5tii Asl^bceil^ijt?^ tom-
plate the erection of one (IrolSr Wei Plants] in {Jersey Cifv, a*nd
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1IS0N GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
R PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO September 15th, 1890.
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange ,N.J.
Dear Sir
We enclose you herewith a letter from F, P. Dewey
of Washington, D.C . ,and have also sent you a sample of ore whi da
he refers to, to-day.
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J & LEWIS „ /■•<}(? ft ^/(EQUITABLE building:
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sin:
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Referring to your mineral land on Dunderberg Moun¬
tain, please find enclosed a notice dated the I7th inst. from School
Tax Collector S.B.Gamson, Port Montgomery, stating that your School
Tax now due is §13.34 if paid by the 29th inst. Will you take
charge of this yourself or do you desire me to do so?
Other local taxes will be due this Autumn on the
said property. Would it not be well for you to decide now whether
you will look after these taxes regularly yourself or whether you
wish me to? I shall take pleasure in carrying out any" in¬
structions you may give.
I should add that this school tax is properly paid
by you and not by Mr. Nelson because the tax was not due when he
sold the land.
Awaiting your commands, X remain,
Very truly yours,
Orange N. J,
Dear Sirt
Referring to your latter of May 29th ’9o
wiil you please inform me about what Magnetic Sep¬
arating Machines of looo and. 2ooo tons daily capac
ity of rook, will cost?
Yours respectfully
jrrir~ . bakes a»» hibeenia mines,
TOOKE STRAKER, Manager, mT 0!!AB BLAST FURNACE,
* BOONTON, N, J. lMm' r'roprlolor,
. . . . MANUFACTURER OF ANTHRACITE PIS,
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
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Thomas A
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machine for
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of Tiffin, Ohio , with referer
Oil Fields.
This letter is re ferret) to you for such at
thinh necessary.
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hmsoN General Electric Co.
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
PRIVATE
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CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
NOTE— This confirmation ehould Oe cheeked with the original mcs.age immediately on
n correal unlee. ndni.ed to the contrary by telephone.
From whom received , Samuel Insull ,
To whom Mw*. Thoms A. Edison, Esqr., Edisn n Laboratory, Orange , N.J.
I have just sent a strong dispatch to Ware, with rela¬
tion to the pushing through of the machines for Ogden.
1 do not thinls sufficient energy is devoted to this work
down at the Phonograph Works.
Probably a strong word from you on the subject, might
hojp the thing along.
V/e have got a very large investment att Ogden, which is
practically dependent upon the getting out of thee machines. I
•think that if Ballou understood this from you, that he would manage
to get them out more quickly.
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With reference to the attached letter from Major
Eaton in regard to Mining Leases.*
■ The matter of these leases oomes up from time to time in my,
office, and I wrote to Major Eaton, asking who was attending to
the payments involved thereunder, being desirous of having defi¬
nitely defined the extent to whioh n v office is to be responsible
for the keeping of Records of payment etc. These leases seem to
be passing through the hands of a good many people, and Major
Eaton i3 in perhaps the beet position of any one to take entire
charge of them. Please indicate your wishes in the matter.
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[ENCLOSURE]
Vji-P*--
A. 0. Tats, Esq. Private Secretarv,
hear sir:
Re Mining leases. Your valued favor of tho 6th inst is;;
just at hand. You ask who is keeping track of tho payments to
be made under the various mining leases. I am glad you asked tho
question because it ought to be definitely settled who is responsi¬
ble. It is too vital to be left lying around loose as at present.
Tito things will require careful attention at fixed per¬
iods, viz: payment of the guaranteed royalties and the taxes. The
former must be made promptly by a certain date, or the leases might
be d eclared void.
So far, I am not attending to any of these payments,
save and except the taxes for this year on Mr. Edison's Bundenberg
Mountain property. He gave mo instructions to attend to that.
But that is (the only ohe-.of all the properties, whether belonging
to him or to the Conconttaating Works, which I am looking after
in this regard,
I suggest that you call this matter to Mr. Edison's at¬
tention. If he wishes me to look after these payments' for all
tie properties whether belonging to him personally or to the Con¬
centrating Works, I shall gladly do so, both as regards guaranteed
amounts and taxes. But I would like specific instructions to do it
and I shall then put it on my office diary of future events and
take sole charge personally. Lawyers keep track of future dates
with exactness, because their business requires it. for that
reason I could attend to this perhaps more faithfully than any¬
body else. You have a copy of my tabulated schedule.
I am under the impression that either Mr. Butler or
Mr. Perry is looking after those payments so far as the property
of the Concentrating Works is concerned. But I hope that you
will make this correspondence between you and me a basis for having
the whole matter settled, so that it may be definitely located, as
suggested in your letter.
Hoping the above will meet your approval, I remain,
Very truly yours
vs-h
EATON & LEWIS
&('{/// ( Equ ITABLE I
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Dee. 23rd.. 1890
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange , N. J. ,
Dear SirJ-
Re Dunderberg Mining Property. Y/e have had
your deeds recorded, and return them to jou herewith. They a- e
Andrew June and Emeline, his wife, to Thomas Nelson, and Thomas
Nelson and Cornelia 1., hiw wife , to Thomas A. Edison.
Eie reason that we have not returned them to jou sooner
is because we have just received them from the ffounty Clerk
Very truly yours.
v/ho recorded them.
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We have in our safe a Deed, The Hew Jersey
Iron Mining Company to Thomas A'. Edison, dated 29th day of January,
1390, Butler has aslced me to send over to the office of the H ev/1
Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works any deeds or leases that
are the property of that Company’. This is the only one xre have .
Does it belong to .them?
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
SCHENECTADY WORKS.
Schenectady, N, Y,, ■ /
1890. Mining - Edison Iron Concentrating Company (D-90-45)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the business of the
Edison Iron Concentrating Co. Most of the letters are by Walter S. Malloiy,
secretary-treasurer and general manager of the company. Some of the
documents pertain to production difficulties at the company’s ore milling plant
in Humboldt, Michigan, which was destroyed by fire on December 3, 1890.
There are also letters about the survey of mining properties, the distribution
of stock, and other financial matters.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence regarding stock assessments, orders, and shipment of
equipment; letters of transmittal; duplicate copies of selected items;
documents that duplicate information in selected material.
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Mrs! Dear Mr Edison;
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Returned from'£ake Superior region this A. M. - -
While there, did all that could do about leases, in-as-much
as there is from 24 to 36" of snow all over the magnetic region,
- nothing can be done in the way of surveys for the
tyr
present, «« have started to get all of the options we can
with the privilege of making surveys later on./ We will probably
have some little difficulty in getting some options, as owing to
the boom in the iron market, /; every man who has a hole in the
ground -has a fortune, and so some will be hard to deal with,
however will take little more time, and will try and get the
best of them. Also learned that a lot of magnetvore had been
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discovered on Menominee range, (100 miles nearer Chicago than
Marquette range) all of which is quite lean, will cover this
thoroughly, and will keep you posted from time to time.
Respectfully yours.
RIVETS,
ANGLE S,
BEAD AND +
TEE IRON.
90
Orange, N. J.
Ivly Dear Sir;
As I stated to you in my last letter, owinfe to the
snow, we are unable.. to do any surveying or exploring; however
I am going right ahead with the options, and have my lines out
in a good many directions.
As I come to get into the matter, I find that
there are a good many more properties than I had expected.
Is it your idea, that we endeavor to control everything, or only
the most desirable points? Would like to hear from you fully
on this point.
As Mr Swarts is not going to be of very much
assistance m the matter of getting these options, I am anxious
to put him to work, getting the new machines out, but we are
unable to do anything definite, until hear from you, as to what
deoided in the way of new magnets. We want particularly
to know, if there has been any changes in the sizes,
know how to arrange to have the machines built, also
3. to the
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strength, as if they are stronger than those now made at the
Laboratory, it will make some difference in the distances. If
we know exactly all these points, we can have the machines
built to drawings, and so save any changes afterwards.
Kindly let me hear as soon as possible, the
results arrived at, and oblige.
Respectfully yours.
W. S. M.
Ist 90
My Deai' Mr Edison;
Received the enclosed to day from a Cleveland friend,
who is interested in business with Judge Burke.
On reading the letter it seemed to me, that he
wanted to pump me, so I have replied; "that I know nothing
about the matter, but have written you, and will let him know
your reply"
It is probable, that the Cleveland parties will
see my letter, and so should you wish to make any special point,
if you will write it, I will send it to him. I suggest this
thinking, that it might be a good chance to do a little "fine
Work" if you wish.
Respectfully yours.
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[ENCLOSURE]
Cleveland, 0. Jany 31st 90
W. S. Mallory Esq;
My Dear Sir;
Judge Burke, and other parties in Cleveland, have bought
up a large tract nearly IOOOOacres of mineral land in Canada,
north of the Georgian Bay, and a little south of Sudbury, which
is at the junction of the Canadian Pacific R. R. ard one running
south towards Toronto, I believe. It is thought to be a very
rich property, and contains immense deposits of Copper ore,
and Nickel. Mr Edison has been here to interview them about
it, and they tell me, he has made a proposal to take the entire
production of "Mat" (as they call it) being the copper and
nickel mixed in a crude state after being smelted, something the
nature of pig iron.
Mr Edison, they say; has offered to make a twenty
years contract, to take this product from their smelters, and he
to refine and reduce it into Ingot Copper and bars of Nickel.
[ENCLOSURE]
There is a little division of opinion among the Stockholders,
which is best to do, either to put up their own works to do the
concentrating proposed by Mr Edison, or let him manage it in his
own way, and pay them a stipulated price, or royalty for the
"Mat "
I think the Judge is disposed to entertain Mr
Edisons plan, and his influence will go far towards deciding,
as he I think, is the largesr owner.
The Judge rather advises me to get some of this
stock if I can at a fair price, and I am in a way to get hold of
a little I think, if it is all right.
The capital stock is $2,100,000 and is selling
at $1.25, but X think I can get a few thousand at $1.15. They
now have works capable of producing forty tons of "Mat" a day,
and the Judge claims; it can be done to a great profit, so much
I blush to name it. Now, I would like to interview Mr Edison
briefly about this scheme, and if possible get his opinion
about it, and determine the advisability of taking some of this
[ENCLOSURE]
TANK AND
SHEET IRON.
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SHEET STEEL,
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WAREHOUSES :
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ANGLES,
TEE IRON.
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stock, and a little of the one fourth that he offers to the
Stockholders in this Co. to take in the Company stock he proposes
to form to carry out his part of the programme. It may be worth
the while to both of us to take a little venture in such a
crowd .
Expecting to go to Meridin in a few days, I
thought best to .call your attention to the gentle little schema,
and if you thought I could get an interview with Mr Edison about
it, might be willing to give me a letter of introduction, in case
I should conclude to florae him, and at the same time you might
get his opinion, whether it might be to your interest to
give the subject a little attention by way of investment. It
certainly looks and sounds, to have them tell it, like a very
big thing, with a future, that ought to throw the Calumet and
Hecla into obscurity. It is certainly not an extravagant price
for 10,000 acres of such wonderfully rich mineral land as they
seem to really show; with R. R. facilities and several workings
on it, giving promise of such great results. Please think it
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over, and do what you think best about giving me a chance to
see Mr Edison. _
RIVETS,
ANGLE S,
-*-BEAD AND -*•
TEE IRON.
Feby 3rd 90
. f yirU7'
My DeaWllr Edison;
In working up the options I have found several
properties, which while they are of no special value to us for
the separating process, because the ore is not so it can be
blasted, probably contains some bodies of good ore, at leat
the iron belt runs through them. Some of these we can get
options on for very little cost to us, and if the magnetic
survey results are reliable, there might be some money in our
taking them. Personally, X know very little about the purveys, •
and wish you would advise me ftally on the question^ we can go
onto a property, and determine closely what it contains, and
with the discovery you have made, as to the different % of
magnetism that various ores posess, and so tell not only near
the quantity, but also about quality, it will pay us wen to take
them. I have now, one propertjin particular, which looks well,
but which I will not close up until hear from you.
Awaiting your reply, learn,
Respectfully yours.
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TANK AND
SHEET IRON,
•fr TANK and
SHEET STEEL,
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RIVETS,
ANGLES,
BEAD AND -i|«-
TEE IRON.
contents, and will be governed accordingly, however should like
to hear from you, as to your ideas on magnetic surveys, so as to
know best in case any new property should come up, on which
there was a possible speculation. A good many properties
Michigan I find come dangerously near to being profitable, and
which with the aid of such machinery, we have.no doubt but
W> J
what could be made so., if can obtain any of these, on good
terms, 1 am inclined to do so, of course it will all depend
upon what I hear from you in regard to the accuracy of these
surveys.
Respectfully yours
W. S M.
SHEET IRON.
-*• TANK AND -:|i-
5 HE ET STEEL,
UOJLlll! ’TUlMaSS,
’ RANDOLPH warehQlTs ES : {
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RIVETS,
ANGLES,
# BEAD AND ,>
TEE IRON,
-Peby 3th 90
Mr T. A. Edison;
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;
I am in receipt of your telegram; Outside dimensions
not changed, go ahead" and we will proceed at once, to .
manufacture six machines. I desire to write you early in the
week fully inregard to the ore deposits I have found, there are
so many of them, that I need your advice as to what to
do.
Respectfully yours j
Will you kindly advise me, if you have ordered the magnetSand
coils from •-/ ^ -
td O'
SHEET IRON,
-v- TANK AND -C-
SHEET STEEL,
G*QDllR'r>i'/'o..-. hr
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RANDOLPH waS^ES; ( 7.9..0 12 K 5
TEE IRON.
Mr M. A. Batchelor;
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir;
I am in receipt of yours of the 13th in regard to the
size and speed of shaft on the separators, and in reply would
state, I am unable to give you the information to day, as Mi’
Swarts is away on a trip; expect him back however Monday, and
will then write you fully. I am in receipt to day of pattern
for magnet, and would like to hear from you fully, as to whether
it is better for us to have these magnets made here,
and run the tta.spnirarfa*fes*~ of not getting the right mixture,
or having them made at Schenect°y, where they will be under your
control, and where you will know what is being put into them,
as I understand the magnet to be a success has to be made of
certain mixtures of iron, and if made otherwise than this takes
more electricity for the same given power. It seems to me
that it would be economy, in-as-much as we can only save the
difference in freight, to have this done where we would be sure
of results; I am very anxious when we start up again, to do so
SHEET IRON.
SHEET STEEL.
25 Oimii TTO33I3 S3 ,
sRAND0LP(, WA„^ES: ( V.9.I0J2
RIVETS,
ANGLES,
-i’r BEAD AND *
T.EE IRON.
'S/t/tixpa
under the most favorable circumstances, and therefore dont want
to take any chances on such an important thing as the magnet -
sad if the magnets are casted at Schenectady, the coils that
are put around them can also be made to fit, am we would only
have to put the complete magnet in place; this work jjould be done
very much better there. ^we could possibly do it/by having the
coils made in Schenecdady, the magnets here, it might make trouble
for us to fit them, which we want to avoid if possible, if you
thibk the matter had better be done at Schenectady, if you will
telegraph me Monday, I will forward the patterrtf there by
express.
Respectfully yours.
j SHEET IRON.
SHEET STEEL.
asoiraaix tijimes,
OFFICE: | 7 WsR/rNe°e°tLPH WARE HOUS E S : j ™ ^MDOLPH^T 6
RIVETS,
ANGLE S,
BEAD AND •*{ r
T.EE IRON.
r0/>A
vtrry?.
Eeby I 7th 90
Mr T. A. Edison;
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;
On Eeby 8th, we received the following
telegram;
"Outside dimensions not changed, go ahead"
T/e immediately had all our plans, specifications, and etc for
'N
the new machines, JwA^all of our bids, and expected to day to
place the orders; Saturday we received from Laboratory a
pattern of the magnet we sw«e supposed t=e-ha»e, which as you
will note from enclosed sketch is over 8" longer in the core:.:’
than the old magnet; this if correct, will throw out all our
plans, which we will be compelled to make over again, and get
new prices, delaying us quite a little, as if we leave the timber
frame as we planed, will necessitate very much larger drums,
and require our getting entirely new bids. We telegraph you to
night; asking if this is correct, and await your reply.
Respectfully yours.
W. S. M.
Mr 0. Batchelor;
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;
I am in receipt of the following telegram;
"Please return pattern of magnet" and have telegraphed
you;
"Will return pattern by express, if you will let
us know right length of magnet, v/e can go ahead with frame
work answer" which now confirm.
We have all of our preliminary work done, and
are aaiting now to get the new machines built, so to
commence, have in all our bids, and expected yesterday to let, the
contract for the frame work, and in-as-much, as the length
magnet seems to be the only question, we do not see why v/e
cannot go ahead with our work, and hope therefore to have
reply from you shortly as 'to the length.
We are extremely anxious to -.get started
as some of the options we have taken, only 'run for a short time,
and every day's delay from now on, is going to make'tT all the more
SHEET IRON.
SHEET STEEL.
J3 03M2M TTSJlMfift,
WAREHOUSES
RIVETS,
ANGLES,
-ir BEAD AND -:|i-
T.EE IRON.
rushed in our surveys later on. When we get started and the
results begin to be known, we will probably not be able to renew
these options, and for this reason, we must get the mill
running, and get the results at the earliest possible
moment .
Respectfully yours.
VlwAW-JiK^wY
TANK AND
SHEET IRON.
SHEET STEEL,
BOlLUll TVJ33S 8 »
— —
' RIVETS,
ANGLES,
■*r BEAD AND -S{fr
TEE IRON.
WAREHOUSES:
^V''^TCk,> ^Lc^sn**'**
Mr C. Batchelor;
c/o T. A. Edison.
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;
I am in receipt of yours of the I8th and note
contents carefully, and have telegraphed you;
"Letter received, we have complete drawings
made here by Swarts, and will make everything except magnets
and coils; give us dimensions of these, so we can rush work,-
answer"
In regard to the drawings would say; that before
Mr Swart's left the Laboratory, he made full and complete
measurements of the machine, and our present drawings cover the
machine as made then, only considerable stronger, using the same
length and'^ejme magnets as on the original machine.
The pattern which we received from you, is over
8" longer ,^and when we can hear which is right; the_ telegram
which^^ou sent us stating; "there was no change in size of magnets"
or the size as given by pattern; we can proceed with our work.
our bids in, and are ready
We have
all of(
OFFICE:
SHEET STEEL,
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STBECrU,M warehouses: ( 7V?’i?^lS
TEE IRON.
to plaoe order, of course do not dare to do same, until hear
from you, and we hope to have reply .'Vuiri- • —
In regard to the matter of horse power, current,
and all those things would say; as far as the horse power is
concerned, Mr Swarts thinks he can take care of that part of it,
As to the current; we would like to know whether a number two
dynamo such as we now have at Humboldt is large enough for the
78 magnet, each machine connected in series with rnfare conductor's
in multiple arch to (machine with 110 volts.) Mr Kww^y"also
promised to make sketch and send us, showing just how the machine
should be connected from dynamo, and any little pecularities
we wanted to look out for.
As I wrote you yesterday; most of our preliminary
work is done, and we are extremely anxious to place our order
so as to get to work at mill. If we placed our contract to day,
the people here will guarantee delivery in 15 days after receipt of
order, consequently you will need to hurry the magnets as much as
possible, as we will probably have the mill already to start
SHEET IRON.
-*■ TANK AND
SHEET STEEL.
RIVETS,
ANGLE S,
+ bead and -Sir
T.EE IR.DN.
up in thirty days from now, and it will take some little time
for the magnets to come through from the laboratory.
In regard to the work; as per our telegram would
state; that we only expect the magnets and colis from you, we
will attend to everything else. Also in regard to the belts;
when we purchase, will include two for you.
As yet we have not placed order , ^waiting figures
from one of the other parties; If you have any suggestions to
make in regard to the separator from aampay-i-eono made in late
K
tests, should be pleased to have them.
Respectfully yours.
W. S M.
of magnet, for which please accept my thanks. We gave the
order for the machines on Saturday last, and are having same
pushed forward; they have contracted to have same delivered
cars by March I5th.
In reply to yours of the 22nd would say; that our
plans and drawings of course^. made for the 13 magnet,., the frame
work and etc is consequently much larger than that at the
Laboratory, however preserving the same features except as to
size.
I note your comnents in regard to the size of the
dynamos, and I was under the impression lw*^w^fcL4you a #2
would do, as I recollect either Mr Hickson Or Mr Edison saying;
that having the magnets put in series, ard using the large wire,
there would be enough electricity for all of the^his Question
SHEET STEEL,
.jeoiMSM^irasaa s ,
{ 7 W, RANDOLPH WAREHOUSES' { 7'8'10'12'1
TEE IRON.
X v/ ill take up and settle as to the dynamos next week. I find
that I will be compelled to go to New York, and while there,
will run over to the Laboratory and arrange all those little
questions .
X note by the papers that Mr Edison is, or has
be in North Carolina, will you kindly let me know, if he will be
at the Laboratory next week; I have several matters in the way
of options and etc, on whicli I need advice, and would be obliged
if you would telegraph me, so as to enable me to leave the
latter part of the week, if 'I can get away.
Note your-.comnents in regard to the belts and would
say; we will buy the belts 78" in width, the order as yet however,
has not been placed.
Respectfully yours.'
SHEET STEEL.
~'t
33 01343315 monanci.
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RIVETS,
ANGLE S,
Hr BEAD AND -fc
TEE IRON.
Feb y 28 th $
Mv C. Batchelor;
o/o T.
Bear Sir;
Edison,
Orange, N. j.
I am in receipt of yours of the 26th, also blue prints
which I have forwarded to Mr Swarts at the mill, and have asked
him, if on the drawings lie has made for our machine, there is
any difference between them, to please state same, so I can
explain to you fully upon seeing you.
X expect now to reach Orange next Tuesday, and
will then go over natters fully with you as to any changes and
etc .
Respectfully yours
SHEET I
-Jit* TANK A1
SHEET S'!
BOirail TUBBS,
' RIVETS,
ANGLES,
BEAD AND-fc
TEE IRON.
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[ENCLOSURE]
Tho«, At Bdlaon, Xa<ft
orange, sr, jv
Mir Sift*
H-l
dhlaago. March* 18th, 1W#»
A* I wrote you yeaterday, X waa enamelled to return to
Chleago an business of import anoe, ao eould not volt to ate yon)
but If on the peruaal of thie, you think It boot to aoe a*, X will
eome at onto to Orange*
81nee aaeing you, I hare node every Investigation poaalblo,
and am at the point no*j, where X ean do but little more aa to
propertle^Utll the anew goea, whleh will be about Hay xss% (x am
toldaj ao ve ean make peraonal examination of the
propertiee, and aee Juat what we want, sound it fuite diffi-
eult to learn aneh about the eharaeter of depoaita, aueh ao we
want, beeauae explorers* aurreyors* etav hare taken but little
' -tk-WJ' '
notlae of aeah dapeadtv* X hare read all the Qeeligieal 8ur-
»•» **d reporta, gone through the reeorda of the field notea, (net
pnbUahed,) and done everything to get at reliable data, and the
reeult X here to date^aa foliovat**
> • ■ ■■■ .. ■ S ... : ...
*here seems to be three eepaa
lte* that eoMuand thamaelvee to our notlae, the mmm m Bangs,
• •• • • ! .
the Wwvtm Belt (vest of Repoblie) the deMoee .Range (Vleeenein)
WMVPMRi ’
If yon will refer to tel* 1* 18T8, oeelogieal
MeMgaMM, you win find on page Ml- a full report of the
report
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mJUs no‘*‘
thi* Hngt, it axtonda aoaa nlna ad lot, and h daw bam traood tha
A
mtlra buainaao, and also told that tha north aid* la baakad up by
a bluff, aoat of tha wap* Our ova yroparty la at tha
aaatam and of thla rang#, and aaida from two othar mlnaa, tha
ranga la not tdahad, a good ahara of tha proparty a an ba optionad
and laatad* but nothing oan ba to^d abbut it, until paraonal #*-
valuation aan ba nada, aft ar tha anov got#, ahlah at praaant la
aoaa threw or four foot d#ap« j h*va full inforaatlen, aa to
ahat proparty wa oan gat to, tha datail of vfcftoh X will aand you.
If you wioh it, Ona faatura about tha rang#, la that tha ralluud
«road runa within a half adl# or ao on Muttra ranga, and ao if
exploration prora. auaoaaaful, tha railroad nattar will not await
J w •
to amah, aa it doaa im othar auartaraw
Kagnatia Balt,
Xn toI. 1» 18W, Mlahlgan, paga 1*8, you will find
report Whiah etataa, that" thla la tha largaat and neat paraiatmt
lina of MMuatlo attrattlon in tha whoia laka Suparlor diatrlat,
■ ■
thla rmgo, «f« to*dar, haa bam but lftttla explorad, aa It 1#
•«W» t#n adlaa or anra froai railroad aomaetlen, tha rmga la aam
twaiva adlaa long, and if what X a«n loam la trua, it will pay to
■aka astmaiva aapioratim, aa it haa bam a# littia aaplored, that
it la aura than poaaibla, wa Might atrika good ora dapoaita, whiah
aoald ba woakad indapmdant af tha «aparatar,Uiia, ** ^araa da*
pmda largaly upon what roaulta am ba obtainad by yea ayatm of
■agnatla aurraya, on thla ranga, nothing oould ba dona until - -
[ENCLOSURE]
no o ic
M Ili
Summer, ae It ft ftite difficult te tat at the property, we can
get all of this that we are liable to vent, about half ie owned by
one Ooftent W (Miehigca toad A Iron OewJ who wilt Im glid to
treat with new I not hare an arrangement with' them,' which’ am
holding, waiting to hear from you, before eloatogi
tn voi* #- .187# te 1018, aeeiogyof itiuamainj pagee
118 to lSdr-ibl to tw,- andsts to ioo» ion will' find £a£ detidia
of thi e rmm -
iJ-r. JjiLi. rmaast J. r> $k*«9fr$Kif aw l'^lowaTMHhe amount of.,
On pag* 181,'; ranged. it «Marnp, as follow* ft the amount of
Seliftta earrytog ft per fiitt I&m ft: «WMU| ft fftt^ a
band of rock, ft- rich ft thie' fttwi^f ft»r ,t* miiea,' with width «
Of frea) loo' ftM’ «t i^Vinit* eaft«tian ,1a ftMtt* . ••
, , • . , vl... ... i'hOi'ipoi‘ou;s and uulphur are on tho '-vliole oonapic-
s •••*•**•«♦.. Pheaporoua and aulphur are on the vhole eonepie*
: . ii..£ large amount of mixed or® '
iooe by thftr abaenewv* »«• «• • • a large r amount of adzed ere
. containing to per oent md^ftiwM^da,'’ while to aoma piaaVa' naaiY .
t-.V-1-- boon .notlowl verging up to .So .per conla ». o ->
thiekneeaea have been notice* verging up to 8e per tenth* .««««.%*«
v.!;c "‘t ore*, noth :»-,ara i etl o .and specular, .with a -width of
the streaks of ere, both Magnetic and apeeular, with e width of
-to t?;o c or: tain nearly Go
from one fteh, to two feet,Kft|i0Msdo* verities, contain nearly 6e
;•••• i or rae-ia.\l irr.r, «n.y -j i Iir4i'.::aiiisal a soar .-.it. ion can bo
to 7o per emit of metalie iron, and if moehaniftl eeparatlon can be
made owffioimitky cimftw aai'. arei* brewing t*». ft# mmH a eft*
a lefts ftOadity ef fteoiiont ere" omi- bo'; obtataft^J 0he feats
that in coma places the' veto', la' amae too feci; thftbV and1 that the
J ■ _ou.t’ _PA' agJJtyj* not-
native o»e, la almeet without phaepereaa, ( out of *6 assays noft
Vs * •g2).usi>!B^rouai! - makes it amort attractive field,,
Cd« three only, ehow phosphorous! mftee it a meat attraetlvo field.
[ENCLOSURE]
How 4*
for uo, BtiU nothing can bo dono about porsonal txaninatlona, tor,, 4
ao*» tint yat, thiarangals not sort'd any, ntprsaant,iw4*an ^ “ ;
««a obtalhtll tha land, that wo Qtn ptaalblr trta ^
by taking for itw
. - ■■ ■ , «:f( rAnply i
this oortrt tho ttooo no.t wortoin* ^iint, yor our woifc-J
hava howoTor, gona into tht nttttr of all tht wSjjg^i -"nt jtyjy,. ?
1 talks* tftth yon, -«£ — Ttnfc,.,
•• Wgaiy m dti^thiifWi^^^
■•may to got yostasslsa of than, and in-at>nathf.a thar*J*,|(?P|W*b '
a gtantlty of^^tn &&.**** th. pr~mt 3Ueh
adnaa art not partlouUrly attrtotiVa to t ta# proB^t _
■ tait quaationsto ba dooidodHW, Srt ta foUotaU first* ■■■«»
at' wait/ until wooan aaka jpanriininaix'1 or i «ia» ? t 2
bafora starting thajadli$a«aS01^
V inatruotioa. W;Wtl« araryti,&g dayirfcblt, l
ant. yanonal axaninttiou,*thir< shall 1 gtttnsadUith tht *M1, ^
“**» “4 «•* th« optWlat^'dti^-
snortaya, ataurat a onough to anahlatste tbwar ; tha.v ng | dtaarlbtd
aowo"aan an«,t.' with«y dsgra. af
***•• at da not know haw tba aiatorartd.
It Hfftm iiima of napiatlanw nay tffaat ivtantt nsttota) ao *
' *l«ll««it wauid ba, ^
intt waging ^r ^ WWIiiat ybiaiblt ***.,«** s-tral /
tht rayart. that gtt awt, thatthay VtU »0t m«t «r mm&oi
OPtlona. »• a« taally Wa lt rsyaritd, ‘Wat Uhllaw» m «*t»g
[ENCLOSURE]
no. jfc*
separation*, the produot i* costing ue entirely too naoh, this
w^eeHhe general idea that the publia have of any separating pro*
cess, will probobaly have the desired effect, we eon then parity^
investigate, end get almost anything we wont, a* there is so very
n*»oh property of the sort we eon use, that before the reel truth,
of our work could get to be known largely, we oould have secured
the most desirable properties, it would take an lnmense eepltal,
and very large yearly carrying charges to try and control all the
property we eon get*
On royolpys have agreed With the Michigan land ft Iron Oe. os
follows t- Bee near do stew ft ton, non neieer. 2B ots» ell concentrate
io ' : A:; N |
Sects* a ton, of 82do Ibs.lt is possible we any be able to reduce j
these • little, probably not very aueh*
X have have tried the outline, as well as X son the whole
natter t but if 1 had seen you, oould have made naoh more satlafaot -
■ '• ■
ory, with the naps, descriptions and so- festh, that X have,/and as
said before if you wish it X will cone east again, however, it X
have written felly enough, please telegraph no on reoeipt, what it
ie best to do, as to going ahead and taking our chvteos, or wait*
ingyilr* Swarts, is at aim mil, ready to go ahead, as soon as we
say the mvm
Our six anehinee will be ready, end of this week, »hh
hope to hear froei ystt by Saturdays
Tears Respectfully,
w*
SHEET IRON.
-:!*■ TANK AND -:|5-
SHEET STEEL.
TEE IRON.
13 oaiiiaii 'a'lTwaas,
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March 22nd 90
Mr T. A. Edison; 1 J\~ 1+ ‘5 )_.
Orange , N. J . ~C. C' "~Cy ] u i ** (
My Dear Mr Edison; ' ? l • . V . Nft
, '—C_> I \. .^-(0
Have received letters from Mr Miller, and haS quite
a long talk with Ira in regard to the mill, and they think
we better start same up without making additions to our present
machinery.
TVe find that with the engine power we now have,
boiler capacity, and ete, and also the room, that we probably can
only put in two or three machines; I have written Mr Batchelor
asking him to ship us the magnets for the two machines at
once, and the only change we need to make in our present plant
is, that we will have to have a number four dynamo temporarily,
have you one at the Laboratory, or do you know where we couid get
one that we could use for a short while? If we receive this
dynamo and the magnets pwape-y, we can probably have the mill
running in a matter of two weeks or so from date. Mr Swarts
is of the opinion, that it would be better for us to start with a
smaller number of machines, and when we come to put in six or
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more machines, he would prefer to put them right near the ground,
also suggests; that our crusher be changed and put near the
ground, and says; when we come to increase our plant, that
this can be done better than by making the changes now, that
would be necessary to give us room for the six machines, and
then enlarging afterwards/besides changing now, would delay us
quite considerably as to getting started.
U<a'-/i°0^ WS °an probably start now without very much
expense, ^and therefore we all think that it is best to start
with present capacity.
,jr°te y°U thS other day> ^king you to order a
#10 machine which if you have not done, you had better cancel,
and we will order a larger machine later on.
what
Please let me know by telegraph, you can do on
the dynamo for us, and if you have nothing, and cannot help us
out, I will try and see what can be picked up here.
Awaiting your reply, I am;
TANK AND
SHEET IRON,
-fc TANK AND
SHEET STEEL.
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RIVETS,
ANGLES,
-rr bead and +
TEE IRON.
'March 24th 90
Mr T. A. Edison;
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Mr Edison;
Yours of the 21 st is at hand ami contents noted; I
have instructed Mr Swart.s to get the -mill running with two machines
at the earliest possible moment.
The only thing that us liable to delay us, will be
the magnets, and the dynamo.
Hope to have prompt answer from my letter of
Saturday .
Respectfully yours.
Ik
0
W. S. M.
SHEET IRON.
TANK AND
SHEET STEEL,
Mr T. A. Edison;
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;
J30IM3M rriJJU2S,
WAREHOUSES
ANGLE S,
BEAD AND
TEE IRON.
^ 2? /%—■/ p^. ^
'^— l— ' £• /
Please send me by return mail, draft for $500.00
being 2.1/2 percent assessment on your stock in E. I. C. Co,
this will pay for the six new machines now complete, and give
enough to start the mill.
The money on last assessment that 1 expected
to have, has gone for taxes (Spurr property $700.00) Insurance
(Humboldt) and salary (Swarts and Watchman) and expenses made
looking up property and getting options;
We expect to be running in from two to three
weeks .
Respectfully yours.
\jc^AAU)JJL^
SHEET IRON.
-?i5- TANK AND ■?(*■
SHEET STEEL.
BOIMll GUISES,
WAREHOUSES:
RIVETS,
ANGLE S,
4- BEAD AND -ifr
TEE IRON.
March Slat. 90
Mr T. A. Edison;
Orange, N. J,
Dear Sir;
I am in receipt of your telegram
as follows;
"Order number four dynamo from Machine works,
which they will exchange for larger one, charging you simply
cost of fixing it up and freight"
In accordance with same, have ordered one for
prompt shipment.
BsMMgfg
SHEET IRON.
SHEET STEEL,
RIVETS,
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bead AND Hlf.
TEE IRON.
BOILER TUMJ3S, "-=rp=-
WAREHOUSES:
Mr A. E. Kennel ly;
o/o T. A. Edison,
Orange, M. J.
April sth i
V/e have decided to start our Humboldt mill with two
machines, and consequently have ordered from the Machine works
at Schenectady a number four dynamo.
Mr Swart a asks me, what it will be necessary for us
to have in the way of Ampere meters and etc and etc, to make the
machines complete, and also if it would not be advisable to have a
;o break current Without
shut off., or
have^resistance for both machines.
I wish you would write the machine works ordering just exactly
what we need, kindly write them direct so a3 to save time; I have
written them stating, that the Laboratory would send them a memo
of just exactly what wo needed.
With kindest regards, I am;
Respectfully yours.
resistance board for each machine :
'shock to magnets when any particular machine
whether it would be bettei
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Mr Thomas A. Edison;
Orange, N. J. fyi4.0 •
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From reports I have from Mr Swarts, J-=£s«d; that the
snow in the lake Superior region has almost eone, in some
portions there being very litt.le left; but he writes," that one
good warm day, will take it all off.
X would like to hear from you, about when you can
arrange to come west, and make the explorations promised, so as
I can arrange my business here, and go out with you.
I think it would probably be as well to go as early
as possible, say some time after May IOth, as it will be before
■kr
the time of the flies ^musquitoes, which makes the Lake Superior
country very disagreeable in warmer weather.
Awaiting your reply, I am;
Respectfully yours.
SHEET STEEL.
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TEE IRON.
SIst !
My Dear Mr Edison;
As it is getting near the first of July, I would like
to hear from you, When you expect to be able to come west,
as you are aware oxxr options on the property in the Lake
Superior district, only run to the first of August, and as we
XcUrw-,, 4r
have a great deal of work to be dotae, time is rapidly slipping
Kindly post me fully i
> I may make necessary preparatj
to when X may expect
Respectfully yours.
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.'last week or 10 days.
Am in receipt this morning of a letter from
Swart s, who reports; that the mill is running very nicely, in
every way, and that he expects to be able to make shipment
each day from now on.
We have had quite a little trouble with our
crusher, and tome trouble with our rolls, all of which now seem
to be overcome. Concentrates are showing'dH to 65, by chemical
analysis, and the separators seem to have a good deal more capasit
than we figured on. I am having Swart s make up a list, of our
expenses, and our out-put, and hope to be able to send you in a
few days the exact cost of our concentrates. Will keep you posted
as much as possible.
Hoping to see you before very long, and with
kindest regards, .1 am; /-^-Uv/vvo o
^ July
Mr. A. 0. %%
X Ed iso no Labartv
Orange, N. J.
Boa” Sir)
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tVslo -raped you asking you if you knew
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son Mtp-t?' d to eomo West '.vithin a few days; I have some matters
in connection with my own business which neeu attention and which
X am in receipt of your telegram aril note contents, |
and wish thfct you would advise me fully when you expect to be |
able to come. ■ The only thing that is liable to give us any j|
trouble is, the fact that the options I have SdS^stlie Michigan I
Iron & land Co. expire on August 1st. and I may have some difi’icul- §
ty in getting them renewed. . |
If you think you will be able to get here- so as to go. on |
the ground before tint date, it will not be necessary for me to ||
iron is marked, on each sample, and the samples were taken from the
general run, that is, we took a handful about every three or
four minutes until we had 10 or 15 lbs.; this was thoroughly
mixed and samples sent for analysis, which showed 65.03. The
phosphorous aid sulphur silica we will get tomorrow.
The change in the screens has increased our out-put quite
considerably,, and we are running now both separators to their
utmost capacity. I will have prepared by the first of next
week a full statement of the condition of everything and forward
to you. Will probably have to call on the stock -holders
for some money, to pay up our debts, and for the money I have
recently advanced. I leave tomorrow afternoon for Penokee. X
will forward samples requested Monday next.
Yours truly,
W. 3. M.
TANK AND
SHEET IRON.,'
-:|i- TANK AND -S|i-
3HEET SjTEEL,
Thos. A. Edison Esq,
Deaf Sir:-
Oran® , N. J
As I wrote you, I spent Saturday last at Penokee
Gap, and made as far as I could as close fn examination i
possible. I found an immense deposjA of iron ore, all of
which was magnetic ; in fact, did not see a single piece of
specular. The largest proportion of iron is of the banded
variety and seems to be quite hard; there is on the property,
however, so the owners claint* a vein about 3350 feet wide of magnetic
mixed with slate which is softer and will crush easily; this was
so covered with drift that we were unable to get at it, but we have
a man at work uncovering part of it, and will have sanples probably
the latter part of this week, when I will forward to you.
There is no end to the ore, being millions and millions of tore,
the bluff seeming to be made up entirely of lean magnetic. I
think it will pay when you get West to visit it, by that tine I
will be ful.Ty posted not only as to this but as to adjacent proper¬
ties. When y ou decide you can come, please give me several days
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so I can make son® preparations. Will it not also be
iry for sone one to notify the Wisconsin Central people
i order to expect you, so as to ha\
i readiness and not
Everything at th e mill i
s running: nicely, they
are shipping right along. Have just mailed Akron Iron Co.
R. R. receipts for about 50 tors . Am in receipt also of analysis
of last car shipped Akron, showing iron 65.03, phosphorous .052.
This shov/s we are turning out a (.pod bessemer.
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l STREET. — ijgjjjw [ W. RANDOLPH ST.
rS0y//^g/C‘r'' Aue» 5th, 1890.
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
By United States Express I sendyou to-day a sample of
the Penokee Sap icon ore* In the box ye* will find several
pieoes marked No. 50* This is from m out crop 24 feet in thiek-
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ness, and if it is so you ean work i*, an immense quantity can be
tsisn* Then you will find a number of samples marked from 1 to
24. These were taken from the i
, which is about 150 wide i
Mat. X have sent samples of both of these lots for ohemioal
analysis, and a8 soon As have results will advise you*
The trouble we are liable to have, I think, will be
the hardness of the ore* m you can tell better in regard to this
when you oocne to orush it*
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have telegraphed you, *We have ordered two belts eaoh from Revere
Rubber 0o«, The New York Outta Peroha & Rubber Oo., and Boston
Belting Oo. Have not run machine long enough to tell which is
beat*''
I will write Mr* Swart s fully in regard to this
matter, and will advise you what he has totsay* I do not know
which belts he has used, but remenber of his speaking very highly
of those that came from the Boston Belting Co* All these of
these oonoeras can make the belts the sizes wanted at the regular
discount; that is* not any of them a forge for making the extra
width, as the New York Belting & Packing Co* wanted to*
Tours truly.
9o ^
Aug. 16, '90.
Thos- a. Edison, Esq., /y yJ / / ' /
Orange, N. J. V(>/'" '/■ ^
My Dear Mr. Edison! 1 '■ ' ' / / •'
Yesterday I received the following telegram
from Chicago! "Mr. Edison writes that if ore sent from Penokee
is characteristic of ore you have in that range, he does not
care to go West."
I came here to meet Mr. Miller and Ira, to talk over the
mill and the future,, and as we have covered the various points,
they have decided that we lay the whole matter before you before
anything definite is done*
Penokee Range! —
The samples sent you are from Penokee Gap,
and are fair samples of the ore from that place. I imagine that
the trouble you have found is that the ore is too dense and hard*
While I do not know that all the ore in the Penokee range iB of
this same character, I am inclined to think that moBt of it is
hard; but that the most magnetic and desirable for us is that
some four or five miles West of Penokee Gap. This I have not
visited or seen any samples from, expecting that we would go
there when you came West. Since you wrote the letter referred
to in the telegram, no doubt you have received the chemical
analysis I mailed you which Bhowed iron about 40 X and 5SX;
showing that the ore is rich enough, and as it exists in suah
(2*
very large deposits, the only question is the separation, which
I take from telegram is difficult to make. There is one deposit
on i’enokee that you will remember the geological report speaka
of as "the usual hard quartz is replaced by softer material,"
This deposit I have not seen, so cannot say anything about it.
I would be better posted if I had not expected you to make a
personal inspection, and so have not gone into detail as I
wouid otherwise* It hardly seems that we ought to condemn the
whole range by seeing samples from only one part of it.
In addition to the Penokee range, there are other matters
that we were depending upon you to settle for us while West.
Michigaunme RangeS
We hold nine (9) optionB, which expire on
Sept* 1st, '90, which you were to look over and explore with your
surveyor. These are the options that expired Aug. 1st, and were
extended thirty days* On these lands are supposed to be Boms
very good deposits for our work, and we are depending upon the
result of the survey to know whether to take them or not.
Spurr Mines
This property we expected you to look over and
determine whether it was the best place to erect the new woxka.
Magnetic Mine;
This property is under option awaiting your
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approval* There iB a large deposit of lean ore here, and from
samples I have seen, is suited for our work.
Dump Pixe Washington Mine l
About 500,000 tons dump pile on which
can close lease at any time by payment $1,000. cash and 25#
royalty per ton, concentrates; this we have held open until
after you saw the piles*
Mill at Humboldt!
We have been running along making every¬
thing do until after you had seen it, and then expected to make
necessary changes* The mill was built for screens, and
we are now using #40, which, of course, decreases the output
very much, particularly as we cannot enlarge our screens without
changing a great deal of our machinery, as the present screens
are so placed that there is no room to put in larger ones* Our
crushing and separating capacities are both larger than screening.
Expecting you out so soon 1 would not let Mr. Swarts make any
change until after you had seen the mill, as when we come to
change the screens there are other changes that can be made at
the same time that will improve the capacity of the mill, and
make a higher concentrate, and do it with more economy.
Future— We all feel now that we have run long enough to
prove that the separator is a success, and that it is perfectly
safe to put up a large plant, from which we can make some money.
Our present plant oan almost pay expenses, and we are only using
two machines} and, as from your telegram it looks as if the
Villard scheme would not go through, it has been suggested that
we learn from you if you think Mr. Villard would take hold of
the Michigan part wi Hi us, even if the Penokee range should
prove not desirable; or, if Mr. Villard cannot be depended upon,
whether you know of any one else with whom we could oonnect
ourselves, and so raise $150,000. cash* In case you cannot
suggest any one, what would you think of a plan as follow! : To
increase our capital stock to $1,000,000., sell enougi of the new
stock to raise $150,000. in cash^ $50,000. of this to go to the
original stockholders to pay for money already spent, and $100,000.
to build new plant and increase present one bo as to make it
profitable. We would put the matter in the hands of some good
man to promote, and he could get in other men to take charge and
push the matter* The one trouble now is that we all have too
much business of our own to give the mill proper attention.
As I am very anxious to get the matter moving I have decided
to wait here until Monday, and would ask you to telegraph on
that day your judgnent in the matter. Also whether you have
fully given up your Western trip, as Mr. Butler is waiting in
Chicago for us, so I can notify him. I hope, however, that you
will deoide to come, as it will help us all in everything to have
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you look over the ground,., as it will give the stock soheme( should
we deside to push that) a good send off, and make it mush
easier to push* We are anxious to get right at it so as to
get everything settled before cold weather, and so be ready to
build during the fall and winter, and also increase present
plant, so we can run profitably during the winter.
Awaiting your telegram, X am,
Yours Respectfully,
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[TELEGRAM. AUGUST 19, 1890?]
Ihos. A. Edison, Esq., . . — - - -
Orange, N. J.
Dear Brother:
I have been receiving from Walter several letters
and telegrams lately, which indicate that you are not very
favorably incline^ Upwards the schemes which we are planning for
handling the E. fir 4, business . How, 1 write you to assure you
that 1 am not weakening at all ujion this business, it has been
something like a year and a half , since we started in on the same,
and as we feel that we have now got the Mill in good working
order, and the business is in as good a shape as it can be
for showing results, I want now to see the business pushed and
a large plant put up which will be capable of turning out" large
products, and will bring us back large profits.
But, now, the question arises how shall we arrange for
putting up this large plant, personally I am not quite/ in good
shape to advance much money, and therefore I am naturally
inclined to take the position that we had best organize a
large stock company, and take in outside capital sufficient to
put up a new plant, and pay us probably a fair bonus for the
work we have already done in developing the business thus far.
Now, I am not at all weakening upon this business, but want to
see it pushed with all the vim possible, but as stated above I
think the business is now in such shape that it is ready for ^g
organization of a iarge company, who will take the business and
Thomas A.Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear ^r other;
The contents of your late favor in which you suggest
our holding off our Michigan scheme until you determine fully the
sucoess of the Ogden Mill suits me exactly* with this exception;
namely, supposing, after you have run your Ogden Mill for a
time you find that it is not going to pan out as largely as you
now expect that effect will this have upon our Michigan Enterprise?
My idea is now that we have got the Michigan plant
in just as good shape to boom as we ever can get it; for we can
Bhow very favorable results from same right now , and then by
pointing to your Ogden Mill and the results that you are expecting
to derive from same it does Beam as though now was an opportune
time to push the Michigan business to the front as to wait longer
to do so.
I have great faith in the business, and believe as you
do that inside of two years it will rank as a big thing in the
iron trade. _ _ . ( ^
s 1 suppose since writing this letter you have seen
^Walter,, and. learned from him just how matters staid, anil if, .
after hea* ing his Btory you still feel that it 1b best for us
to wait X am ready to do so; for you can juBt bet I am ready to
make those few millions that you talk about if such a thing is
possible'*
Very truly.
Mr. Insull could not say whether you expected to come on later or
not. Of course, we are all very much disappointed that you could
not make it convenient to come, and hope that you may do so later.
One thing, however, which must have at tention, is the
matter of the options, about which I wrote you, and about which we
talked when I last saw you. You told me then that you would send
one of your experts to look over the ground, but as yet have not
seen him. The only trouble about the delay is, that it is liable
to snow up there almost at any time, and of course very little
work can be done on the ground after .aijowicomes,
I wish you would write me fully what to do. -on the ques¬
tion of these options; whether we had better abandon them, or
whether you will send the man you spoke of, so that we can find out
something definite about them. Personally I know nothing about
SHEET IRON.
TANK and
SHEET STEEL,
RIVETS,
ANGLES,
•*■ BEAD AND -i|i-
TEE IRON.
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them except what I have been able to pick up, but I do know that
there has been good mines found all around them, and as X stated
when I last saw you, it is possible in looking for the character
of ore we are after that we might find something that would make
a good mine for us. Of course, if we can do this, it is to our
advantage to do so.
Trusting to hear promptly from you, I am,
Yours very truly,
E. I. C.
TANK AND
SHEET IRON.
tank and
SHEET STEEL,
boimh 'I'xijsaas,
7 W.RANDOLPM
WAREHOUSES: \
—
RIVETS,
ANGLES,
-Sr BEAD AND
TEE IRON.
n fit oh er nth, 18‘Jo..
I have spoken t
analy
imes. The last ohemioal
67 .80 anti phosphorus wit Ji¬
had made of this showed i'
MO —
in the Bessemer limit. K Ira paid a short visit to the mill and
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the mine, and I am indirect to think when we get together this
NK’tt wro-lti
winter, as he said he hoped i#*- do about the Holidays, the deeisioi
\
will be on the part of all of us to go right straight ahead with
the work next spring, and erect a large mill and furnish all the
money ourselves, and not go outside, as per the recent talk. Vie
are anxiously awaiting the results of Ogden, and hope the fine on
may prove to be all right.
With my kindest regards to Mrs. Edison and yourself, X ;
Yours truly,
E. I. 0.
- 1 - L-<l>
TANK AND
SHEET IRON.
TANK AND -fc
SHEET STEEL.
RIVETS,
ANGLES,
■*r BEAD AND
TEE IRON.
OntOhR!
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
0 range, N.
My hear Mr. Edison: —
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I send you by express to-day sainples of the
ore which we have taken from the Magnetic mine. One, you v/ilJ. note
is marked cliff ore,' the other shaft ore. i'/o ha-'e an option on
this property extending for none two or three weeks. 1 would
like to have you examine the sanples and write me what you think
of them. The attractive feature of the property is the immense
quantity of ore on it. The bluff or cliff ore rises from the
V*- \%oo
ground from 30 to SO feet high, and diamond drills have been put
on the property, shoving depth of it some 600 feet. I saw the man
who did the diamond drill work, and also the company who had the
oth told me that there was over 6,000.000 tors
work done, and they b
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of iron ore on the property; hov
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cliff ore, as you will find, is v ery hard anl dense, and :
r, it is of a low grade. The
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as I could see, it has the s arte character from the level of the
ground clear up to the top of the bluff, whereas the shaft ore is
much more granular, and is easier separated. Vie can take a tease
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of this p* operty without its costing us anythin*; up •; ' 1 next fall,
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except in/; taxes anti insurance, which would no t amount to very much,
after that it would cost us #1,250.00 per year.
TANK AND
SHEET IRON.
-Si- TANK AND -:|i- '
SHEET ST!EEL,
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RIVETS,
ANGLES,
TEE IRON.
0FF10E. I7WRAND0LPH ^^BES: {
Mr, Thos. A, Edison,
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^ '(/p///axy07" Novemte r 3rd, 1890.
Orange, N, J,
My Dear Mr. Edison: —
V
Your eormients on Mr. Reed's report is at hand
and contents fully noted. The fepur property, as you know, we have
already covered up, and we are at present running on about 250
tons of the ore which we have taken from the Spur property, and
ship^to mill at Humboldt, so as to enable us to know exactly what
can be done with the ore. As far as the quantity of it is con¬
cerned, there is more than enough to last us for all the time
that we will want to run the mill, aid the more I see of it, the
more I am convinced that this is the property for us out of sill
others that I have ever seen. The ore is soft^pliable and crushes
V'rf-OvV' -teeS^y
readily, and the lire and tare on our machinery would be light
compared with other Lake Superior ores, ard aLl the conveniences
are better than any other property I have ever seen. By the time
we meet — about the Holiday time, I will have everything in good
shape to make full report of the property. In regard to the mag¬
netic mine, about which I wrote you sometime ago, I would like to
hear from you as to what we had better d> with this. On this pro-
SHEET IRON,
TANK AND' C
SHEET STEEL,
UOHiKll TlTUJiaS,
TEE IRDN.
OFFICE : / 7 W-RAND0J-PH WAREHOUSES: {
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perty, as wrote you there is an immense amount of ore in si cht —
some 6,000.000 tons, but I am inclined to think that from the
samples sent that the ore is too dense to successfully concentrate
it. Our option runs out in about ten days now, and would like to
know what is best to do before we is t the chance slip. In recard
to the $pur, would state that we are Slipping daily ranging from
66.50 to 67.50 in iron and about .05 in phosphorus.
Awaiting your reply in reg sr d to the magnetic property,
Your
SHEET STEEL.
Thos. A. Edison, ESq.,
Orange, N. J,
My Dear Mr. Edison! —
' Decent) er 5th, 1890.
■ <Py/?c)
I regret to inform you that night before
last at six o'clock our Ktyboldt mill was burned to the ground.
We are insured for $6,500.00, all that I could get on the p«,perty,
and have no doubft but what we will be able to collect this. It is
particularly unfortunate, as we had just bedn getting the very
finest results of our entire work, having turned out concentratea
69.85 and some as high as 71.50, with the phosphorus about .04©
Our intentions were to run about two weeks more and then shut down,
and it makes it particularly bad, as some of the ore that we wanted
to ship most. for the Adams process was burned with the mill, it
standing on the track in a car. The cause of the fire we have
been unable to learn. It took fire at six o'clock in the evening
and the watchman was in the mill at the time, but is unable to
state what it started from. 'Vrvjuo ^ ^
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E. I. 0.
Yours very truly
Decent} er 6th, 1890,
Thoa, A. Edison, Esq., ,
Dear Sir:— / ’ / / -
f/ '
Mr, Miller and Ira are here, and we have con¬
cluded not to wait on collections or our insurance money to pay
up the help and little bills, but to make an assessment of $1.00
per share. Therefore, please send me your check for $200.00, and
£W
1890. Mining - Edison Ore Milling Company, Ltd. (D-90-46)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
organization and management of the Edison Ore Milling Co., Ltd. Included
are documents concerning Edison’s election as a director of the company.
There are also items dealing with the company’s financial and legal affairs
Among the correspondents are Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s attorney: Samuel
Insull, vice president of the company; and William S. Periy, secretaiy.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: correspondence
regarding routine business affairs; meeting announcements; letters of
acknowledgement.
THE EDISON OBE MILLING COMPANY, LIMITED.
New York, February 1, 1890.
ThomaB A.EdiBon, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I have the pleasure to advise you athat at a
meeting of the Stockholders of this Company, held at 19 Dey St.,
on January 21st, you were duly elected as a Director of the Com¬
pany to serve for the ensuing year.
Please signify your willingness to serve as a Director.
Yours truly,
(7.wvcj..
Secretary.
tk*M^ C
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
.yl/ew &tr/A:
T. A« Edison, Esq.,
Bear Sirj-
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your let¬
ter Requesting me to prepare a license agreement between you and-
the Ore Milling Company for Sullivan County and certain other
counties in New York State. The matter shall have my early
and best attention, and 1 shall then turn the matter over to
Mr. Insull as jou suggest.
Awaiting your further favors, I remain,
Very truly yours,
.-/sa/s
EATON & LEWIS
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
yl/eu> _ June. 2d.,__189Q .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
En closed please find the duplicate copy of the license
agreement between the Edison Ore Milling Company and yourself, the
original of which was submitted to you by me for your approval, and
was returned to me on the 31st ult., duly executed by you, indi¬
vidually, and as President of the Ore Milling Company. Will you
kindly execute the enclosed copy also on page 10 only, and return
the same to me, so that I may have the seal of the Company affixed
to both copies and duly attested by the Secretary, Then the con¬
tracts may be delivered.,
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EATON & LEWIS
&
./few nth. 1 1890,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Orange, N. J,,
Dear Sir:-'
^y£iyty? • ^
y wAfc
I send you herewith duplicate tfopies of the
License Agreement between the Edison Ore Milling Company, Limited,
and yourself, affecting sin counties in the state of New York,
duly executed by Ihe Ore Milling Co. You will recall that this
is die agreement executed by you about a month ago, both indi¬
vidually and as President of the Ore Milling Company. But when
I presented it to Mr. Perry for his signature as Secretary of the
Company I was informed that Mr.v Walter Cutting is no* tie Pres¬
ident of the Company, which fact necessitated the forwarding
of new copies of the agreement to Restigouche fbr execution by
him. The agreements have just been returned to me and I now send
than to you for execution by you. Kindly execute both copies, re¬
turn one copy to me for delivery to the Ore Milling Co., and re¬
tail. the other copy for your files.
Hoping tie tbove will meet with your approval,
f d<-3 o1A Cxi I'Wl&v.i Cqj
SAMUEL INSULL.
PLEASE ADDRESS- REPLY TO New York, September 3rd, 1stQ
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
^ 1
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
, ■
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I have your favor of September 2nd, with relation
to your letter of August I9th, and to which you say you have re¬
ceived no response. This is not in accordance with the faots.
Your letter of August I9th, which was a formal demand for an ac¬
counting under a contract with our Company, was not even signed
by yourself, but was signed by Mr. A. 0. Tate, your Private Secre¬
tary, in your name. Imnediately upon receipt, I saw Mr. Tate in
relation to this matter and explained to him that the letter should
have been signed by you as it is a matter of great importance.
I also told Mr. Tate that Mr. W. S. Perry was away, and as he was
better posted on the matter than myself, that the issuance of the
stock would have to be put off until his return. The reason^Cck
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has not Jbeen issued is, that I have been! unable to get Mr. Perry
and Mr. WalawW lwg together. I do not think it advisable that I as
Vice President Bhould take any action in issuing this stock in
view of my close relation with you. The matter however, shall
have attention within the next few days. I shall assume that
your letter of September 2nd, signed by yourself is a confirmation
of your letter of August I9th, which certainly was informal in as
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Thomas A. Edison,
Continued No. 2,
September 3rd, 1890,
wuoh as it did not bear your signature.
Yours truly,
Vice President Edison Ore
Milling Company, Limited.
fcLo <r^ CF*. Co '
Edison General Electric Company.
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From whom received ,
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Orange , N.J. July 25, 1808.
Preliminary Agreement toatv/eert "The Edison Ore Milling Company of
New Y ork and Walter S. Mallory of Chicago, Illinois1.' Brief of
term of a final contract.
3? i r s t , Mallory to form a Company with a capital,
of $£00,000.00, — Stock assessable, — to be called "The Edison
Iron Concentrating Co." with General Offloe at Chicago, Illinois.
Sec o n d , The Edison Oro Milling Company to license
under its patents the said Company to use all its patents, devices
and appliances in the States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
on the following torms: — The Edison Ore Milling Co. to receive
a royalty of 15 (15) cents on oach ton of 2840 lbs. of saleable
ore concentrated by. its magnetic separator in such states, wheth¬
er the Company be formed by Mallory operate the machine themselves
or lease or sell the nu chine, and any contract for lease or sale
must be submitted to the Edison Ore Milling Company for and must
receive its approval to the end that it iray see that s uch contract
for sale or lease sufficiently secures its said royalty of Fif¬
teen (15) cents per ton.
The Mallory Company are not to operate in any other than
the States mentioned or sell or lease machines to be used in any
other states than those mentioned.
Such Mallory Company agrees to put up within six (6)
months from date one complete plant capable of crushing and con¬
centrating one hundred aid fifty tons (150) daily of twenty four
(24) hours of crude ore and to diligently prosecute the business
of installing other plants and operating or causing the same to
[ENCLOSURE]
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fee operated.
Royalties are to be payable quarterly ten days after be¬
ing due, and sworn statements of die number of tons concentrated
are to be made and access given- to the books of said Mallory Com¬
pany. to any officer or agent of the Edison Ore ivilliry' Co.
The license is to be exclusive only on th e follow ing c^i it -
cons, the failure of such conditions ut. any time destroys the
e xclus iveness .
Tlia t. tie output of saleable ore in the last month of t he
first six months (i.e) January 1339. shall not be less than
Seventy eight Hundred (7300) tons of saleable ore, and for tho last
month of the second six months, the month of July, 1889, shail not
be les 3 than Twenty thousand eight hundred (20800) tons of sale¬
able ore, and Kbj: the total output for the next year (i.e) from
July 1339 to July 1890 slaU not be less than Four hundred and
sixty eight thousand (468000) tons of saleable ore, and for the
next year (i.e) from July 1890 to July 1891 slaU not b • less than
Six hundred and twenty four thousand ( 02--! 000 ) tons of saleable
ore, if these conditions are fulfilled at this uutJ the license
is continued thereafter exclusive provided the output does not
Six hundred thousand
diminish below (600.000) tons saleable oro annually, unless such
output will not net the Mallory Company a profit.
The Edison Ore Milling Co. agree to furnish an expert for
sixty days, the Mallory Company only paying travelling expenses
and board.
The muchinery is only to be used for concentrating iron
ore and for no other purpose. .
l ( Seal) Thos . A. Edison, •
1 for-ihe Edison Oro Milling1 Co
■ • (Seal) Walter G. Mallory.
1890. Mining - Foreign (D-90-47)
This folder contains correspondence about mining and ore milling in
Canada and other foreign countries. Much of the correspondence relates to
Edison’s interest in various Canadian copper and iron mines. There are also
inquiries about Edison’s ore milling and processing machinery. Other
documents pertain to ore samples sent to Edison.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine requests for
Edison to purchase land, mines, and ores; routine correspondence concerning
mineral assays; bills of lading for ore samples.
(Bd'VlCUdiciVl 0oppe^ (BoVM'pCl/M/'l/p
SRoom* 201 anb 202 Set's y-fDcvy-ti-c. oSuifbmcj,
1®^e,a.e^OL^c?ed; C9 . -iao..*.../
Thos. A. Edison, Esq. ,
Mr. Allen informs us thatr'you think vou know
tent to take oharge of our work at Sudbury, so will you kindly gii
us his name and address and advise us fully what you know about
him.
Is he only a miner, or would ho be competent to take charge
of our entire business up there? That is, take the position of
Ren. Mangr. in which he would have, subject to the control of the
homo office, entire control of all the employes, ordering supplies
advising as to the operation of the mines, running the machinery,
Scpps? Co.
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^1 W (Bawabi ciw 0oppc^- (SovN-pcn^^
cllooim 201 anb 202 3Wtj-$cMjM.e S8t4f&m<j,
103 to 109 $upe«to* Street.
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Thpe. A* Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
fle&r Sir>:
When you were here early this month, you said that as soon at
you returned home you would formulate the proposition about which
we talked and forward it to us for consideration. We have been
expecting you to do this; as you havo not, we desire to know
When, you will. We will also be pleased to have you inform us if
youi* experiments up to date Justify you in saying that you expect
to bo able to carry out said proposition on April 1st next.
Tha reason wd make these inquiries is because we desire to
taakd other arrangement A vnbout refining works if you Have hot Al¬
ready d^teftttihed that ydu will be in position oh April 1st to
carry- out the Contract.
Yours truly,
■Tbs Canadian GtyprCo.
^ Scmcubicn^ Soppe W 0o
STCoo.m 201 anti 202 2c«*y-3!ayn.e SSu.i.{t>iny,
103 fro 109 Supeclot* Street.
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Ihos. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir*
Your favor of the 29th inst to this office and of the 28th
inst to Judge Burke have been received.
We think it preferable that you send us at once the preliminary
draft of your proposition so it may be considered by our full
board, after which we will take up the matter further with you
immediately.
We made one request in ours of the 27th ult which you did not
answer, viz. ,^that you would inform uo if your experiments up to
date- justify you in saying that you expect to be able to carry out
v
said proposition on Apr. 1st ne.xtt'-' As you did not, we will be
pleased to have you answer said inquiry, if agreeable for you to
do so. ^
Yours truly, ■
Edison Laboratory.
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314- BROADWAY,
NEW YORK.
FEBRY 5TH 1890
I HAVE SEEN MR RITCHIE TO DAY . HE TELLS jjfME THAT
A LOT OF CANADIAN ORE AND CORPER MATTE HAS BEEN SENT TO YOUR WORKS'
AND THAT YOU ARE NOW EXPERIMENTING WITH THEM. I UNDERSTAND IT IS NECESS¬
ARY THEY SHOULD BE PULVERIZED AND THAT YOU ARC GOING TO DO I T W4 TH
THE CORNISH ROLLERS. NOW I WANT AM OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THE CYCLONE
PULVERIZER ON THIS ORE. MR RITCHIE 13 MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS ESPECIALLY
IN CONNECTION WITH GOLD ORES, A CIRCULATING REGARD I NO A NEW PROCESS
IN WHICH I SEND YOU.
I WANT TO GET A BAR REL OF THE ORE AND ABOUT 2 00 POUNDS OF
THE MATTE SENT TO THE CYCLONE PAINT WORKS AT BOON^ON N.J. IF THIS
CAM BE DONE I SHALL BE GREATLY INDEBTED.
FAI THFULLY YOURS
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Thomas A. Kciison, Esq'. ,
Orange, N.J1.
lantown, Pa.
Feby. 5th, 1890.
My dear Kir: -
Since our interview I have made a trip to the
Sudbury mines, and found on my arrival some tvn foot of snow
instead of a few inches, as wired by my agent. I made a
thorough examination of the nickel property and found the
hill to be between 100 and 200 feet in height instead of 70
feet as reported. The "Soo" branch of the Canadian Pacific
R.R. runs right at the fciot of the hill, and it is doubtful
whether a more conveniently located mine could be found any¬
where in this region. I had insertions made in various
parts of the hill, and blasted for a depth of 4 or 5 feet, and
found very good indications of both nickel and copper. I
think there is no doubt as to the hill being a solid ma^of
nickel, copper, ore. I find that Messrs, Vivian & Co. of
Wales are working the Murray mine and employing upward of 100
men. The Copper Cliff, Evans & Stobie mines were all in full
blast. I understood from our, interview that you had no idea
of engaging in the nickol-stoel business. I would suggest.
2.
however, • th aL if the experiments of Riley & Hall are at all
reliable, a Company could easily bo formed here with suffi¬
cient capital to guarantee the success of such an enterprise.
I am now in correspondence with Sir James Kitson, President
of the British Iron & Steel Institute and Mr. Riley on this
subject, and providing on examination you are satisfied to
become interested in the nickel property, I fool assured it
would be of value to you to join in the nickel-steel industry.
It is doubtful whether the snow will disappear much before
May. I have left word, however, to notify me as soon as it
is gone, and will immediately communicate with you, as you
suggested. As soon as we can arrive at a definite understand
ing, I will at once raise the nec ess ary- capital to start' op¬
erations. I send you by mail a copy of the first mining ■
journal published in that region, which may interest you.
I remain, sir.
Yours very truly,
"TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington, D, c„ . April- 1st ,18908
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,
New Jersey.
Sir:-
The Department is in receipt of your letter dated the 28th
ultimo, in which you request to be informed whether a car-load
of copper which you recently imported from Canada, and upon which
you paid duties amounting to some $1800.00, may be exported to
Canada with return of the duties so paid. •
In rep ly^ you are informed that an answer to your inquiry depends
upon whether the merchandise in question still remains in the custody
of the Government or not.
If it has so remained, it can be exported with benefit of return
duties, less 1 per cent, upon due entry for export being made in the
manner prescribed by the regulations.
If, however, it has passed from the custody and control of the
Government, duties cannot be refunded on its exportation, inasmuch as
Section 3025 of the Revised Statutes prescribes that, “No return
of
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of the duties shall be allowed on the export of any merchandise
after it has been removed from the custody and control of the Gov¬
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Respectfully yours,
V' / .
Assistant Secretary.
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part of the Amazon river, in Peru, and is said to contain a very"-
considerable qnj^ity of gold. A friend of mine has had quite
quantity of the1 sand shipped to him, and I thought ypu might to
interested enough in sueh matters to warrant nie in sending you sons
of the send.
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this sand is looking for some method of extraoting the ore from it,
and X don't know but what quite an order for Some of your apparatus
squid bo placed, if yoi} thought It would fill tho bill, X suppoas
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it. ...
Very slnosrely yours.
OFFICE OF
G(artsherrie Coal and Mining Company
Lj N 108 DEARBORN STREET
Chicago, ill . Oct. . 6, . 1890. . tea—
•nomas A. Edison,
Orange,
Dear .Sir;--!,
ago I shipped,you .120 lbs. of
oJ was done aftery A cor y e sp onden e e in reference to
z now process you bad &^<r educing magnetic ores. \
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o ceeded in reducing this^orey but I have nover heard
a> as to the result. Will jtouj,%indly let me know if
h" %,
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m %\\
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steel association mootings East, and^ "before meet-
ing’him here v/ould like to give him the results of
your tests. "Will you kindly reply by next mail
and oblige
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1890. Mining - Mines and Ores (D-90-48)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mines and ores to be bought, sold, worked, or tested. Some of the items deal
with the mining interests of individuals who either wanted to sell property to
Edison or to have their ores tested. Included are letters concerning the lease
of mining property in Putnam County, N.Y.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine inquiries
receiving no significant reply; routine surveyors’ reports; bills of lading;
duplicate copies of selected items.
OFFICE OF WOERISHOFFER & CO.,
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[FROM ALFRED 0. TATE?]
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J. J \ .
My Dear Mr. Edison:- 0^ '
In reply to your leM/ter of Sftqdtynfl afoutLtfihe
North Carolina Corundum mines. \pCKu' /
1. Father controlled these two mines for a time 1
a capitalist.
2. After the death of this capitalist they wore sold at
auction to Dr. Lucas, whose address is Cullasaja, Macon County ,HN.O.
3. They are now being operated by Dr. Lucas at a large
profit, and are the only ones of the kind which have ever paid.
St ie ringer and I went all through the mines and were
entertained at the house of Dr. Lucas on our fishing trip of May
last.
I have two brothers, one of. whom is a corundum expert,
now living in Asheville, N. C* about 75 miles from the mines. They
are real estate and insurance brokers (circular enclosed.)
Several of us are now foiming a syndicate to buy up a
lot of the inmens e timber, and the land we alro ady have options on
includes outcroppings of corundum on the same belt as the Lucas
mines, and promising, so Father says, quite as good a deposit.
One of our crowd came from there last Saturday night..
will
Do you wish to hear more about this ? If so
at .your convenience ana toll you anything we
\‘io can and
[ENCLOSURE]
Ou.
i;' JENKS &' JENKS,
JENKS & JENKS,
iLGEITTS
Travelers’ Life and Accident Insurance
« * Company.. * *
LARGEST AND BEST IN THE WORLD.
J^eal ^state and ^(j nsurance.
MINING PROPERTY AND TIMBER LANDS
A SPECIALTY.
City and Suburban TProptriy Bought and Sold on
Commission.
FIRE INSURANCE EFFECTED IN RELIABLE COMPANIES.
ROOMS 9 & 10
McAfee’s Block, * * * 28 Patton Avenue,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
[ENCLOSURE]
.Mkssus. C. N. & A. )•;. JUNKS desire to announce to
the people of. Western North Carolina ’.that thejr have established
Real Estate and Insurance Offices in Asheville, 'where they rep¬
resent leading Fire, Life and Accident Insurance Companies,
and are prepared to handle- all Real Estate committed to their
care, to the best advantage.
The Messrs. Junks I possess an intimate personal knowledge
ol tlte North Carolina country, from an actual residence of some
years, and being in constant correspondence with New York, New
England and Western capitalists, they have unusual facilities for
disposing of mining properties and timber lands in this section,
as well as City and Suburban property.
They would invite correspondence from all parties who
have such property for sale, and guarantee entire satisfaction in
their dealings.
For information as to -their character and standing, the
Messrs. Jcnks take pleasure in presenting the following refer¬
ences, which are used by permission.'
T^efepei?ee§.
Stephen O'Meara, Esq,,
Managing Editor Boston Journal,
Col. C. W. Jenks,
Sprague Motor Co.,
Boston Mass.
16 Broad St., New York City.
Hon. A. T. Jones, Brockton, Mass.
Col. J. J. Whipple, Brockton, Mass.
J. M. Hollywood, Postmaster, Brockton, Mass.
John I. lleggs,
Vice-Prcs., Edison Electric Illuminating Co.,
New York City.
Hon. T. C. Bates,; A j! . . i ' 1 Woktcster, Mass.
Fred G. Campbell, Esq., West Westminster, Vt.
Charles H. Dennis, J2sq.,
State Agent, Travelers' ins. Co.,
'i'- .11 ' ■/ ! 1 i ! i 1 -'ii.i Boston, Mass!
Hon. S. '1'. Snipe, Bath, Me.
J. K. Voshcll, Esq., -. Providence, R. I.
Prof. FI. P. Wright, • ( ! 1 I ! Ii(! >’<
Dean of Yale University,
New Haven, Conn.
GoviGordOnV -I! IT V: TAJIM UMA 1 - Atlanta;' Ga.
First National Bank, Helena, Montana.
Wm. N. Lyon, Esq.,
X'ostinastcr,
Choteau, Chotcau Co., Montana.
Hon. Geo. Clark, Waco, Texas.
M. S. Gordon, Esq., Finis, Jack Co., Texas.
George Win. Bond, Esq.,
Wholesale Wool Merchant,
T. P. Kelsey, Esq.,
D. C. Cunningham, Esq.,
George A. Jacobs, Esq.,
Boston, Mass.
Highlands, N. C.
Franklin, N. C.
Cullasaja, N. C.
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25 giving a detailed Us* pf tt)A ppojpepty p$ the Lake Champlain
Iron Co.
The entire atock and bopds of that company are held by
thia Estate and will be sold aa a unit so as to keep the property
intact .
I have a detailed report ahd estimate of the values of
the properties owned by the company made in 1884 by Franklin and
W.G, Platt, Geologists Of Philada,
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return it to me before the 16th day of June .
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he having decided not to take the properties. The $250 is to
reimburse Mr. Arendell for the expense incurred by him in securing
the aforesaid options'. See letter from Arendell, dated June 17th,
1890, upon which is note of Mr. Edison, authorizing this payment. •
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Dear Sirs.
“ 'The lease of the jPutnaa County ore property .was drawn up by the*"
legal representative of; the Philadelphia & Beading Coal..* .Iron Ca,.a iieek ago,,
but it has been held for. submission to the President A. McLeod. .1 called at
the off ic:e again today, .and- .was inf ormed that MrJ4cDeod has not. yet sicen it*
•I head over the Lease and stated that as there .were some .features
which, you would probably ;wlsh to change that I . would like the , Compel to allow
me to teite one copy to you .for- -ttswleioj^I .was promised an answer to this ,,
tomorrow, end if it is favorable .1 .will come over to Orange on Friday .to.. examine
the matter with you.out if it is not ready for me to take .1 itill have it sent
to you as I must be absent iron the City all of next week* If 1 get the papers-
|I .will .probably go to Hew York tomorrow night, and come cner to Orange on Friday
morning.
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Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1890'«
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:-
I had an interview yesterday
with the legal representative of the Fhila. & Reading Coal & Iron
Co., and presented the objections which you made to the lease of
the Putnam Co. ore property, as drawn by him. I think there will
be no difficulty in arranging for the changes which I suggest, un¬
less it be in the purchasing for §500,000.
He has promised to submit our criticisms to Mr. McLeod,
President, In the meantime I would suggest that you send me the
copy of the lease, which I carried to you, so that I may go over
it carefully alone and see that I have omitted none of the notes
made upon it, before I have another interview and get'an answer
from Mr. McLeod. Please advise me also if the're are any criti-
[SEPTEMBER 17, 1890?]
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
Crusts
Dear Sir; Sometime since I was informed that you were looking
for vanadium for some experimental or commercial use, and have
lately been informed of a deposit of this which shows a good propor
tion of vanadanite. Can you tell me v/hether this will be of value
to you at the present moment, and if not a secret process, or some¬
thing of that nature, will you kindly inform me of its use? Mr. .
Crosby, your representative at New Orleans is a class-mate of mine,
both of us having been in the Corps of Engineers service, and this
request to you is purely personal I being interested indirectly in
this vanadium find
YW early reply will be/greatly appreciated.
V tj \/j Yours truly, ]
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Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orange, N. J.
I am in receipt of your letter and the original copy
of the lease of the Putnam County ore' property, which you have
returned to me .
Geo. H. Kearcher, General Solicitor of the Reading Iron and
Coal Co., was killed in the accident of the Reading R.R. and
is being buried to-day. . The .matter of this lease was in his
hands, and I do not knbw to/what extent his decease will in¬
terfere with getting/ the m/atters adjusted at an early date.
I, however, will call at^/the office of the Company to-morrow,
and do whatever I can to hasten matters.
Yours respectfully, ^
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vrange , w u • u ^ ^ / \
Dear Sir:- ^ ^ ^ ‘T*
I called. yesVerd^y at the office 4f the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal & Iron Go., in reference to the Putnam County
4k"
lease. I find that Mr. Kercher had attended to the matter per¬
sonally with Mr. McLeod^ and Mr. Heebner, tlie assistant, informed
me that while he had a general conversation about it with Mr.
Marcher before his death . it would be necessary for him to see
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the President, which he would do on Mr. McLeod's return to-day
or to-morrow,«$AM#^call at the office to-morrow in the hopes of
getting something definite. Mr. Heebner, however, stated to
that he believed that the]
•ould be no objection raised
except as to the purchase of the property.
I think the trouble about the sale’ is practically that
the property is covered wWy the general mortgage, and M* rtahi
Pt sale must be approved by the trustee, and by the terms of
the re-organization, any money accruing from such sales is
practically locked up.
Mr. Heebner stated that Mr. McLeod would be willing to
agree fo give you the preference in any sale, but finding that
the purchase would probably fail, I raised the question of re¬
newal of lease by royalty.
Enclosed, I send you some data which I think will be
of interest to you. You see that the ball is rolling, and the
importance of iron ore concentration is attracting attention.
Each of the papers have been presented with some ulterior object
but they all will do good in drawing attention to the practi¬
cability and possibilities of iron ore concentration.
I will do my best to push the Putnam bounty matter.
[ENCLOSURE]
1
Ttio subject of Magnetic Concentration is to be boomed
at the American Institute Mining Engineers meeting in Hero
York neoft week; four papers nave been presented, of which
I nave advance copies, ana send you synopsis of them.
A " The Magnetization of Iron Ore, By demons Jones,
Hokendauqua, Pa.", describing how in the laboratory hydratt*i
■Hematites were made magnetic by raising them to a red heat
in contact with C or c 02 . but that Anhydrous hematites
could not be made magnetic. Mr. Jones connects this action
with the exputsion of combined water in brown hematite: he
closes his paper as follows : « The subject matter outlined
i; in this paper is embraced in a process on which application
for i otters— patent has been made". But this was anticipated
iby the Edison experiments at Orange in 1 88 0-9.
" Ore-Dressing by Electricity at the Tilly Foster '
^Mine, By F.H.McDowel t , New York City ". The writer gives
j| tfle cost 1372(2 rasufts of the use of Bali Stamps and Conkting
| separating baits, which summarized are: 18.058 tons of waste/
iore[2? .39fr.\ron) treated fn y months ending July 3fst 1890,
produced 8238 tons concentrate, requiring 2.89 tons crude
\per ton concentrate; average cost $2.25 per ton. Actual
I expenses in Mill $1.53 per ton concentrate. In August 3508
; tons crude produced 1391 tons concentrate f 2.52 tons to
j * ton concentrate) Cost $ 1.89 per ton. Mr.McDoweli claims
jl" Moss the location and other conditions are exceptionally
i favorable, it will not p<iy to erect works to treat the
J material of waste dumps carrying less than 25 cent, of
j iron. j\
| mere the lean ore'; ts,. mined in connection with shipping
\ore, there must be a corresponding increase in the percentage
[ENCLOSURE]
■ of iron to ojj set the mining .and 7'oyaity chat'ges.
i/hero no shipping-ore is produced, there must be a still
j: further increase in the percentage of iron, to werrent the
erection of hoisting, pumping ana arossing-woncs f3 The only
i vafuabfe feature of the paper is a table of costs,
: C " Magnetic Concentration at the Michigamne Iron Mine,
Bake Superior, By John C. Fowls, Michig&vmo, Michigan''. This
is a paper in which the personaitty of the writer is not
ii passed lightly over, and is a dosci'iption of the ptant whic
j|T*'
F doos not pretend to crush below 5/8 mesh, and concentrates
; by a Buchanan Separator, the tattings passing over a Wonst-
;i fbm. Mr. Fowl a says," Up to present writing we have- shipped
\.in this season from this mitt 8000 tons of concentrates, and
|j are now daily concentrating 180 to 200 tons, at a cost, incf
ptding crushing, hoisting material into mil 1-pockets, separa
jj ting ore and loading it into cars, of 18 cents per ton. On
jj some days the concentrates at this mill costs us only 10 cen
jjfl ton, delivered in the railroad cars, including alt the
above mentioned items of cost.
ji ?>l° duality of the concentrates is regulated entirely by
; the electric current and the sizing of the material. Most of
jl our concentrates wifi pass a 3/4 inch screen, though some,
I which are produced from the mine-screenings, are of larger
j size. These mine-screenings go directly to the separator as
j 52— or 58- per cent, ore, and leave it as 84- to 85-per cent
ore. Considering their wide range of size, we regard this as
very fair work. The waste-rock, resulting from the separatia
of the screenings, amounts to 10 to 15 per cent, of tn« lota.
j Quantity of crude ore.
The proportion of waste which wo make from crushed ? re' is
jmch larger than from the mike-screenings. This only indicate
[ENCLOSURE]
: ™at tha 1oan "W-ore is of poorer grate than the mor~ fri¬
able material mtan breads into small pieces in mining ana
1 rns t7lQ screenings. The amount of tailings varies. *f cour
with the ‘Kina of material mo are crushing. It fluctuates
between 30 ana so per cent, for most of our separate*, ore,
which runs in size from 1/4 to 3/4 inch".
Mr. Fowl o illustrates a crude dryer, and his plant is
of so crude, for the problem is much simpler than when ore
Mas reduced in size.
\ - tf •" The Ball ana Horton "Monarch" Magnetic Separator, By
C.M.Ball, Troy, H.Y.", is a description of the "Monarch"
fiachine, entirely different from the one we experimented wit
j'nf Minevit ie, N.Y. Mr.Be.lt claims that in the now machine
the ore tumbles end over end, refers to the now min °T the
; Benson Mine which is to bu "provided with crushing-aunhtnery
having sufficient capacity to crush daily 800 to WOO cans
'of ore,, sized to t 8-mesh And finer, and the separation n*
\t)us quantity of ore is to be effected at the outset with
■ three Monarch separators, having a wording- face on the drums
of 24 inches".
i; The easy working-capacity of a machine having drums , of
24 inches diameter and 24 inches wording-face is from IB to
20 tons per hour of ore granulated to pass IS- to 20-mesh
I; screens. The power required is from t to f f/2 horse-powor
j! in electricity for each drum, and 1I2 to 3/4 horse-power to
j| drive, ' the machine. ** v . . .
,7a referring to same analyses in a table appended to the
I' report, Mr.Bki t says," The most remarkable of those was the
|| conversion of Port Henry Old Bed ore into a Bessemer ore,
ji carrying Fe 71.10 , P 0.037. This concentration was made from
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[ENCLOSURE]
the crude ore, carrying Fe 5d.'/, P 0 2.25 , the Bessemer
concentrate representing about 05 per cent, of the original
If such result had been produced continually at the rate
above mentioned, Witherbees , Sherman & Co. would have been
apt to retain the separator which had been temporally tested*
at their mines.
T, A. Edison Esqt
Dean Sir!'
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X have just had a Ions interview with Mr, Heetapi^ U ^
concerning the modifications which you desire in the lea^f
the Putnam County Iren Ore property. Mr. McLeodij
practically, to all of your suggestions except 1
Renewal of lease or purchase, and the use Wood,
Mr. McLeod says he is perfectly willing to agree to -give
you the preference in purchase or in the renewal of lease but, />
for reasons which he does not explain, objects to giving a
price for the sale of the property or to agree to ren ewal.
It seems to foe, at the end of twenty years, you would be in po¬
sition to dictate your terms of purchase, or of continuation
of the lease.
The objection which Mr. McLeod makes the use of wood
j that the contract as drawn, gives you an opportunity of
throwing up the lease, but while he would, probably, be willing
to incorporate .this wood right in a lease running 20 yearB,
sses a disinclination yo give the privilege to a lease
fornthe reason that , '^hr-tha^tlnie , a considerable amotkit of
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damage might be done to the wood, for which no compensation
would be received. He takes the ground that he gets paid
back in part by the rentals which accrue, I think this cohid
probably be arranged by prpvifling that if the lease wre given
iqj, say within 5 years, that any excess of timber used over tfitv
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specified cost per ton of product fcpuld be paid in cash. This
would require an accounting of the timber and a valuation of it .
Mr. McLeod agrees to the following:
That the term for lease tie begin at the date of signing
The report of iron made merchantable be made On the 10th
of each month.
The royalties to be paid on the 15th. of the month.
No report of iron mined but not made merchantable is
expected.
The option of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
Co, to purchase your plant is withdrawn.
You are to have the right to use the buildings now on
the property.
Also to surrender the lease on 6 months' notice if
dues are paid.
0**> The right to remove your property on the termination of
the lease if dues are paid,
(2)
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He also agrees to the annual adjustment of the royal¬
ties instead of monthly as in the lease.
I do not think anything can be done to change Mr, Mo
Leod views on this mattey unless you elect to see him yourself
in regard to it, and you might accomplish something if you
think it is wise to do so. If, however, you are satisfied
to have the matter closed as it is, I will communicate at once
with Mr. Heebner and have the papers corrected, so that -they
can be signed and submitted to you.
Please let me know your decision promptly, because I
have to take a very active part in the meeting of the Foreign
Engineersnhere , and do not wish to let anything' interfere with
your work.
My expectation is to go to New York to-morrow, Thursday
afternoon, and cane over with the party to Philadelphia on
iai’urdayy , leaving this City fbr the West with them on Tuesday.
In New York, I shall be at thei Oriental Hotel, and can
meet you if desired.
Yours
WILLIAM FORD UPSON.
Ootober, 6th. 1890.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange N, J,
Dear Sir:-
Referring to the interview which I had with you a few
days ago with regard to your magnetic ore separator and the mines
owned by Mr. Cyrus Butler, I understood you to say that it would be
convenient for you' to see Mr. Butler and myself at your laboratory
some afternoon this week. If you will please dQy thfl
latter part of this week and let me know the day and hour, we shall
glad to keep the appointment.
Very truly yours,
Diet at ed.
/of
Philadelphia, Oct. #th., 1*90.
T. A. Edison Bsq. v*' J /
Owing# t 0.r..y. ^_J JJL
Dear Sir:-
I saw Ur. Heebner, by appointment, on Monday nlfeht,
and he stated to me that Ur. UeLeod objected to granting the
use of wood, fortunately, I met Mr. Melieod in the ears yester¬
day and explained matters to him fully so that he was satisfied
I hiiH$^rt>ahdone d my trip West with the engineers and have
just some home from a long interview with Mr. Heebner, having
arranged to have the lease prepared and sent to you. I will
probably overtake the European Engineers again at Chicago.
The question which you raised concerning bounds of cer-
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tain property and whether or hot ores w»ed on some tracts can
not be answered at the Reading Office. Mr. Heebner advised me
that the entire description is copied from the general mortgage,
and that the Philadelphia & Reading Goal & Iron Company eannot
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give you any more than th&vbut they do propose to lease all
the ground which -is mentioned as belonging to these true ts under
the lease.
Mr. Heebner will have the lease engrossed in duplicate
leaving the date blank, to be filled up after such engrosanent
and I arranged with him to-day, that if you desired to ecmuence
work imnedlately, and not wait for the papers, you could do so.
Should this be your desire, I would suggest that you write to
0. Hoebner, Counsel of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
Company, 227 8. fourth St., aila..^^
In regard to the time for prospeotlng, the lease is
so drawn that while it says for 20 years, you are not bound to
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pay few- royalty for the first year unless you produce ore. It
being understood that you have a year to^wdwn/ore and ereet
the plant, which really means more than this, because you have
until the eht of the second year before you have to adjust your
minimum royalty although you will make your monthly report on
the 10th. and pay your monthly royalty on the 15th. of each
abnth, so that it appear* to me thdt if your plant was in oper¬
ation within ^e yeanS after the date of the leaee, you would
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have to pay^the mininnn royalty, if you prodws# during the year
may* ore than would pay the company the #5000 per annmn.
As I wrote you before, ther* appears to be no re^or/ of
•re* mine^ only of that made m»r Chant able 'and you are to give
the emspany ne option to purohaee your plenty nor do they give
you the option^toj^chase the property, but will incorporate
in the leaee^ giving you the preference to purchase the property
or renew the lease at the expiration of the 20 years. You
are to have the right to see the buildings eh the property*
> return them in joed erder; to which I called Ur. HOfcbhiib it t Sri tin
a. of importance to report in the eohedule th* eoniitloh & thi
buildings when taken. You are also to have th* *i$ii to qjj|
timber froia the property, for* ties for the Railroad traeki for
whith you are to pe charged, bu,t ahould the lease hold for 10
years then the ampwjt of money paid is to be re-imbureed, to you
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by being credited op account of Ijhe fnnl * ** the ore.
You have the option of giving up the lease at the end
of six months if your dues are paid amd to remove your property
if dues are paid.
I have endeavored to cover every one of the features
which you mentioned, and trust you will bb satisfied. If,
howeypr, there is anything which I have omitted, please advise
£e and if necessary i shall not go Test until this it tattled.
I, however, have advised Mr, Heebner to lnynedlately proceed
with tranteribingr the lease.
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EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
«
I am just in receipt of your. .telegram stating that
you will not be in the laboratory on Wednesday or Thursday,
and that X had better send the points by letter, I think
the best plan to follow will be for me to have Mr, Heebner for¬
ward you one copy of the lease as now engrossed and alBO a copy
of the clause to which I referred yesterday, so that you can
see if it is satisfactory, I can then bring over the duplicate
copy for you toy sign, and I can witness the signature, and
return both copies to the Reading officials for their sig¬
nature, r
Mr, Heebner explained to me that the O.titleshad been
thoroughly examined and he had no doubt as to their validity,
but owing to the possibility of a failure on any one part of the
tract to have a good tittle, the desire of the Company was not to
have the lease jeopardized by such failure. He feels con¬
fident that no trouble will arise from this clause, but I took
the ground that if a olause such as he mentioned was incorpor¬
ated, you should be protected proportionately, for if the portion
of the territory upon which the title should prove defective
should be productive ground, it would be unfair to hold you to
your minimum royalty, or even if the portion was not productive
it might possibly interfere with some portion of your op a*ation.
Mr% Heebner expressed a willingness to so protect you .i#nd while he
is not at liberty to say so I think he felt that ihe
clause was really unnecessary, but being in a subordinate por
sition, he, of course, must follow instructions. Por myself,
1 do not think there would be any trouble arise from this pos¬
sibility of imperfect title, but if the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal * Iron Company hedge on this, you are entitled to protection
against any possible deterioration in the value of the property.
If you will let me know your wishes in the matter,
I will try to arrange my movements to suit them.
YourB respectfully,
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir.*-
Re Mining Lease of Philadelphia & Reading Iron
& Coal Co. Having examined this lease at your request, I beg
to put on record my conclusions already given you verbally, as
folio wai¬
ts) I assume that the definition of "merchantable'1 ore"
is satisfactory to you,
(b) Royalties are not averaged one year with another.
Consequently you hould have to pay the guaranteed minimum royal¬
ty for any particular year, notwithstanding the fact that- tte roy¬
alties ibr the previous year, for illustration, weie largely in-.,
excess of the minimum guaranteed. However, I understand that the
lessor insists on this.
(3) The provisionsrestricting you from giving a cor¬
poration the benefit of the lease, without the consent of the lessor,
are stringent, but I believe they meet your approval.
(4) Any breach makesthe contract:. ; void. So if the
monthly reports and monthly payments are not made by the dates
called for in the contract, the lease could be terminated by the
lessor. ’
(5) The lessor being a corporation, and this being an
important lease, the execution of its by the lessor should be eith¬
er authorized or approved by its Board of Directors. I suggest
that this be attended to, and that a certified copy of the Reso¬
lution of the Board be procured and „ attached to your copy
of the lease itself.
(6) Some of the land leased to you is itself leased
property. Has the Reading Co. the power to lease leased land in
this particular case? Presumably they have, or they would not do
so. But if you wish to make sure of it, the original leases
must be examined. If you wish me to take any action in this re¬
gard, please give me your instructions.
Hoping the above will be satisfactory, and awaiting
■pour further favors, I remain,
Very truly yours,
OORTLANDT PARKER,
Nov. 20, 1890.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
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Mr. Chas. J. Reedkps called on me with reference to, iron
mines in Northern New Jersey, and 1ms asked me to say what I would
do if you would take hold. I hold as trustee a tract of 3,500
acres between Clinton Reservoir and Cannistere. It is crossed
by two veins each about 4,500 feet long, one about & mile East of
Cannistere, and the other about a half mile of a mile West of Ut-
tertown.
I also act as agent for the John Rutherfurd estate in
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negotiating for^some 4,000 or 5,000 acres of land of which I think
some fifteen tracts have considerable mineral indications, and in
some cases open mines. They extend from the Centennial Mine South
West to Cannistere, and in the Wawayanda region nearly to Vernon,
and in this way furnish a large amount of mines available in their
turn for such mill as might be erected.
It is of course difficult for me as a lawyer without
consultation to name absolute figures. My desire would be to name
a fairly low royalty, but to be assured either by covenant to that
effect, or by a minimum of sufficient size that the mines would be
worked as soon as possible and kept going, or the contract aban-
2.
CORTLANDT PARKER,
I BROAD 8TREET,
doned, so that we could deal with others. I think that is fair.
I can recognize that with such large mills as yours, you would ..
desire to get control of a number 0f properties so that continuous
working of the mills should he assured, and frankly I would Bather -
have my property worked even at a lower rate and let the other
fellows wait for a higher royalty. My terns to the Franklinite
Iron Company on the trust property, which was prospected very
thoroughly were practically a year to begin, 25 / on 42 per cent
ore, and $1,500 annual minimum. Mr. Reed tells me that the
greatest royalty you pay on concentrates is 25 j i. I should desire
to consider even this rate, (which seems to my possible inexperience :
somewhat low,- tf I could get proper guarantee as to' the working
which in the case of such large properties as those belonging both
to the trust and to the Rutherfurd estate seems to jib fair, ind I
would be glad to have your views on this part of the subject. I
do not suggest the exact form of such guarantee, because I do not
sufficiently understand the conditions of your business to do so
without presumption.
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Works (D-90-49)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
organization of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.
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Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania and the establishment of his Ogden works in New
Jersey. Many of the documents are by William K. L. Dickson, a West Orange
laboratory employee who was sent to Ogden to report on the operations of the
All of the documents have been filmed.
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Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
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Yours truly,
Secretary.
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1890. Patents (D-90-50)
This folder contains correspondence to and from Edison’s patent
attorneys and agents, along with other documents relating to domestic and
foreign patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters.
Included are documents concerning two patent infringement cases, Edison
Electric Light Co. v. U.S. Electric Lighting Co. and the Trenton Feeder Case; an
essay regarding proposed reforms in the U.S. patent system; and a series of
notes written by Edison about various patent matters. Among the
correspondents are attorneys Richard N. Dyer, Sherburne B. Eaton, and Henry
W. Seely.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal
and acknowledgement; routine correspondence regarding patent application
fees and taxes.
Law Offices of
DYER & SEELY,
ATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No. 40 Wall Street,
New York, .January... 2nd.,. 1890 .
Sir: »
We desire to notify our clients and friends that we have
associated with ourselves Mr. CHARLES M. CATLIN, who -for nearly
eight years has been a member of the Examining Corps of the Patent
Office j and, with the exception of the first six months of that -
time, has been employed in the Class of Electricity.
Mr. Catlin' s experience as an Examiner has embraced all
classes of inventions involving, the employment of electricity and
cannot fail to be of great value to our clients.
Yours truly
Law Offices
(Dictat ed)
DYER & SEELY,
j (PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
No, 40 Wall Street,
('h^/ / New York, .
. January - 8 th-,1890 —
My Dear Mr. Tate:-
I saw Mr. Brevoort yesterday and he says that
he is having a little hand^maohine made which will make a much more
striking exhibit of his invention. We concluded not to show it to
Mr .Edison until this maohine is finished, which will be sometime
next week. I will tEike it as a favor if you would say to Mr.Edison
that it will be sometime next week before Mr. Brevoort comes out.
Yours very truly,
To:A.O.Tate Esq. X :
Orange,
Law Offices
• DYER & SEELY,
. (PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY)
(Dictated.) No. 40 Wall Street,
New York, . J.&nua-ry."9th-4S90» —
A. 0. Tate , Esq. ,
Orange, N. j.
Dear Sir:-
We are in receipt of your telegram of today requesting us to
send you a complete list of phonoplex applications and patents.
The patents granted are as follows':
No. 333,289 issued Dec. 29th 1885.
333,290 " » » »
370,132 " September 20th 1887.
The applications|still in the Office are as follows:
No 180,689 filed Oct. 23d 1885. "
- 180,690 » " « ii
183,895 " Nov. 24th 1885.-
192,483 I' Eeb. 19 th 1886.
— 192,484 I' « ii ii
^208,359 'I July 19th 1886.
— 208,360 I' " " n
The first named applicat
EXHKKntxsxQgxbxxiiaxd patent ca
and fourth hamed applications
Office and iwxfcfcieax we expect
;ion stands allowed and the ^naixsjxxx
n be issued at any time. The third
i are awaiting action by t he Patent
an allowance in both cases.
Yours ve*y truly,
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
n ew yob January . 15.th....l89..Q.... _
Inclosed herewith I hand yeu patent No. 419/264, granted Jan¬
uary 14, 1890 upon the invention of Mr. Kennelly in electric meters.
We also inclose the papers and a tracing of the drawing for
an appii cation for patent on ore milling apparatus invented by
Mr. Edison and Mr. Dickson.
Kindly have these papers signed as indicated in penoil and the
oath sworn to before a notary; also have the application signed
by two witnesses, and return the papers to us.
Under separate cover we send you today by express the f blow¬
ing foreign patents. ■
English patentee. 17614 of 1888.'-'"
* " ■ 17614 A of 188 8.-"
" ” " 17614 B of 1888. - — ’
Norway No. 1327 dated January 2;'., 1889. —
Ni S. Wales, No. 1421, dated May 16th 1889. — ’
New Zealand, No. 3707, dated May 27th 1889. — **"
Queensland, No/ 752, dated, May 20th 1889.
South Australia, No. 1303 May 15th 1889.-^"^
Tasmania, No. 687/l0, dated May 30th 1889.—--
Victoria, 6769, dated May 21st 1889. — — —
French patent, 173209, dated December 29th 1885, on t ele gruphy -
French patent No. 173,210} dated December 29th 1885. _ V/
French patent No. 187087, dated Noventoer 19th 1887, Elec. R'ys-
French patent 187124, dated Nov. 22d 1887. Pyro. Motor. -
French patent 187125 " " " ” " Generator.—
French patent 194681, dated Dec. 10th 1888. Ore milling. , —
In this pradbg-e^vfe
also inclose the certificates of working
of French pat onts Nos. 173209, 187125, 187124, and 194681. The
inventions covered by these patents were exhibited at the Paris Ex¬
po sit ion.
Please acknowledge receipt ojjall these papers, and oblige ’,
GOmPAZVT.
/<yy - £s)~ct d.a
DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES.
jXm^
new York . J.amary..,..28..d . l.g.90 .
j fa
Orange, M. J. | '>-»•
Dear Si r'4-
have
We^your letter of the Slat inst.. with reference to the manu¬
facture of the toy phonograph in Canada. We have no information
as to what patents have been taken, out in Canada by Mr. Jacques,
or by the Edison Phonograph Toy M'f'g. Co, and so we cannot say
when a manufacture will have t o be commenced in Canada in order to
save these patents. As to fir., Edison's own improvements on the
applied for
toy phonograph, no patents have yet been^isdcRHxsuBt in Canada and otr
not
intention is^to apply for 4 patent until after the United States
patent has issued. This will be as soon as scmething definite
is settled about the talcing out of foreign patents corresponding to
it.
Yours truly,
Washington, D«o) 1 , 38,y 1890,
My Dear Mr, Edison:- %
E°r the first time iiyKmany yWrs a'praetical man is at
the head of the House Patent O^fi^OojanlUtee; having himself been
Commissioner of Patents, and knowingthe troubles and difficulties
in the Office he has undertaken to try and iraporve the service.
If you will commit to writing your views on the matter,
and make some suggestions as you think ought to be carried out, and
then such other suggestions as you would be willing to accept if
all could not bo accomplished, I will endeavor to see if they can¬
not be engrafted into the law.
It will be necessary to act procptly as he wants to get
early action*
Yours tiuly.
made to the Patent Office in relation to your case #599. Cannot an
experiment be made at an early day upon this matter? You have in
your book we presume a copy of the drawing and the claims. Should
you need the ocmplete copy of the specification for the purpose,
kindly let us know. The specification states that oxide of iron is a
suitable material to be used.
(Enclosure) Yours very truly, % _
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APPLICATION OP TH 0 ’AH A. EDISON
9W ART OP GKWERATIUU ELECTRICITY
fiitd hovemeer i, ices
SERIAL Ho. 110,050, (Edison's Ho. 509)
TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS , -
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In the above entitled application tho following
arnondnont io submitted:
On 1st page of specification, in :31st lino,sub-
otituto ----- located ----- for "indicated”.
On 2nd page of specification insert aft or " cumu-
lative" in 7th line, the ’words ----- or reciprocal - - —
On 4th page of specification insert after "cum¬
ulative" in 9th line, the words - - - - -or reciprocal - - -
In 3rd, 4th and 5th claims insert after the
word "cumulative" in the 3rd line of each claim, the words
- - - - - or reciprocal - - - - -
With regard to tho request made by the Examiner
that an affidavit should bo fur ashed sotting forth that an
apparatus construe tod in accordance with the specification
has boon tested by the applicant and found to bo operative ,
we beg to state that in discussing this matter with Hr. Edi¬
son with a view of procuring such an affidavit, he could not
recollect whether in the enormous number of experiments made
in tho direction of this invention he had ever tested the.
precise apparatus described^ or if he had,he was not able
to state witli accuracy what tho results were, nor were we able
to find the record of the experiments. While he felt entire-
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New York .
Dear SirsJ-
I enclose herewith a description of the Edison-
Lalonde coll as now made. The alterations which have been
made in the details of construction, are not considered important
by Mr* Edison* When I spoke t o him about this matter, he said
that the description cartained in the original application was
sufficient*
Private Secretary.
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(Dictated)
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orang e,
new York . Jam ary. 31, 189.0 * .
Dear Sir:-
Please return tm
T. A. E.
We have had a letter from the United Edison
Manufacturing Co. asking for a copy of a patent of yours on using
a continuous current dynamo in an alternating ciwuit-.o that the
alternations are prevented from falling below zero. You filed an
application on this matter sometime ago but the education was
Placed in interference with another party and the interference was
decided against you .because in your preliminary statement you
failed to go back as far as the date when the other man's applica¬
tion was filed. We have therefore informed the Edison .Co. that you ‘
hadt/no patent for this matter, although you have an application pend-
ing in the Patent Office.
Yours truly,
LAW OFFICES,
fad/*** >j
Orange,
N.J.
Dear Sir;-
In the description which you sent me of the new Edi-
son-lalande battery, there is no mention of the wrapping of the
sticks off caustic potash with paraffine paper. I understood from
Mr. Edison that this was done. Will you please let me know if this
■is the case and whether this feature is one of importance? It was
not mentioned in the application which Mr.Edison filed on the bat¬
tery and if it is important I think a new application ought to be
filed to cover it. The Patent Office has refused the claims on
the use of caustic potash in sticks as distinguished fran its use
in the form of particles, but I think the claim including the wrap¬
ping with paraffine paper or some other protective material would
no doubt be granted. In writing you might explain just what the *xh
function of the wrapping on the sticks is.
Yours truly,
-T?eh- 7, -I Ron
Messrs. Dyer & Seely,
New York City.
Dear Sirs:-
Reforring to letter of your Mr. H, VI, Seely, under
date 3rd instant, in regard to the description which I sent you
of the new Kdison-Lalande cell, I beg to advise you that tho caus¬
tic potash sticks, while being wrapped with paraffine paper are
not now placed in the solution with the paraffine paper around
them. It wa s originally contemplated that they would be placed in
the solution with the paper around them so that they could dis¬
solve s lowly , but wo find that it is better to take the paper off
and let than dissolve at once, as it doe’s not break tho jars.
Therefore, the claim which you intended to make in tho Pat art Of¬
fice will now be unnecessary.
OUhO
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ar.- 26th. ,1890.'
Very truly yours,
S. B. Eaton pel- C,‘
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Hut wo think that tho question involvod in thu pros-
ont oano is not tho eamo as that decided in Bate Bofriror-
at iag Co. X* Hammond, and is jiot controlled by tho doois-
ion in that oaso. Thoro , a United States patent was
Rrantod in Movonibor, 1877, for sovontoon years. A patent
for tho same invontion had boon granted in Canada to tho
same patontoo for fivo years front January, 1877. Tho
Canadian patont was, in Uoooribor, 1881, oxtondod for five
yoarB from January, 1888, and also for fivo years from
January, 1887, under a Canadian statute passed in 1878.
The question involvod was vhethor, undor aootion 4887, tho
United States patont expired in January, 1888, or in Jan¬
uary, 1803. This court, limiting itself to tho prociso
question involved, said that it was "of opinion that, in
tho prosont. cane, whoro tho Canadian stntuto undor viiich
tho extensions of tho Canadian patont wore Rrantod, was in
force when tho United States patont was iBsuod, and also
when that patent Yms applied for and whoro, by tho Cana¬
dian Btatuto, tho extension of tho patent for Canada was a
natter entirely of rip;ht , at the option of tho patontoo,
on his payment of a roquirod foe, and whoro the fifteen
yoars' term of the Canadian patont has been continuous arri
without interruption, tho Unitod Spates patont doos not
expire boforo the end of the fifteen years' duration of
tho Canadian patent." This was said on tho viow, oxpross-;
od olso whoro in lino opinion, that tho Canadian patent did |
not expire, and it novor oonld havo boon said properly that!
it would oxpiro, before January, 1892. Tho ground of this1
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conclusion was, that tho "term* of the Canadian patent
granted in January, 1877, was by tho Canadian statute at
all times a term of fifteen years' duration, made contin¬
uous and uninterrupted by the action of the patentee, as
a matter entirely of right, at his oy m option.
By parity of reasoning, as applied to the present
case, section 4887 requires that tho United States patent
shall be so limited as to expire at tho same time with the
term limited by the foreign patent issued prior to the
issuing of tho United States patent, having then the short¬
est time to run. Thore is no tiling in tho statute which
admits of the view that tho duration of the United States
patent is to bo limited by anything but tho duration of
the legal term of tho foreign patent in force at the time
of the issuing of tho United States patent, or that it is
to be limited by any lapsing or forfeiture of any portion
of the term of such foreign patent, by means of the opera¬
tion of a condition subsequent, according to the foreign
statute. In saying that "every patent granted for an in-
”ention which has boon previously patented in a foreign
country shall bo so limited as to expire at the sane time
with the foreign patent," tho statute manifestly assumes
that the patent previously granted in a .foreign country is
one granted fbr a definite torn.; and its meaning is, that
the United States patent shall be so limited as to oxpiro :
at tho same timo with such tore of tho foreign patent.
Such term was hold, in Bate Kofriaorating On. v. Hnnnmnd
to bo f if toon years and not five years.
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This view is made conclusive by the requirement of
section 4887, that if there be more than one prior foreign
patent, the United Statos patent shall be so limited as to
expire at the same time with that one of such foreign pat¬
ents "having the shortest term." This moans the foreign
patent which, at the timo tho United States patent is gran¬
ted, has then the shortest term to run, irrespective of
the feet that tho foreign patent may afterwards lapse or
become forfeited by the nen-obsorvance of a condition sub¬
sequent prescribed by tho foreign statute. '
In the view that section 4887 is to bo road as if
it said that the United Statos patent is to bo so limited
as to expire at tho same time with tho expiration of tho
t0an °T th° foreiG» Patent, or if there be more than ono,
at the same time with tho expiration of the term of tho
one having tho shortest term, the interpretation wo have
Riven to it is in harmony with the interpretation of the
words "oxpirat ion of term" in analogous cases. (Qakiev v. j
Sshoonmakor, 15 Wendell , 226; Beach z. Nixon, 9 N. Y. 35;
Smm - S***’ a ) In tho so cases it was
held that the words "expiration of term" do not moan expi- I
rat ion of torn, through a forfeiture by broach of a condi-
tion, but mean expiration by lapse of time.
The decree of tho Circuit Court is reversed, and I
the case is remanded to that court with a direction to I
overrule, with costs, the plea of the defendant, to assign
it to answer the bill, and to take such farther proceedings
as shall not be inconsistent with tho opinion of this court.!
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Thomas A. Edison Esq.-,
Orange, M. J.-, ^2t4 ?t ?y// f p g
Dear Sir:-
Re Edison-Hunte r- Interference Mr. Rudolph Id. Hunter
has for sometime past been pressing me to give him an answer to
a proposition of amicable settlement of your differences in the
above interference. My understanding of the matters is this,'
A claim in an application of Mr. Hunter for a combination of a
branch of an electrical railway in permanent multiple arc with the
main line has been placed in interference with one of your appli¬
cations fbr an arrangement of a branch of an electric railway,
designed among other things to prevent short-circuiting, which
shows the construction claimed by Hunter, although it does not
specifically claim it.
Mr. Hunter hi s put in his directtesfcimony in the inter¬
ference, and depends upon sketches of his inventi on alleged to have
been made in 1873. He wishes you to come. -.to : some agreement with
him by means of which a patent may be issued to him upon his broad
claim and a patent fb r tie specific construction shown in your
application issued to the Edison Company, Hunter to license the Ed¬
ison Company under his patents. Hunter claims that one of your f0*>
eign patents showing the same invention has expired, and that even
if this interference is declared in your favor the patent to be
issued therefor would by invalid. Upon being pressed by Mr. Seely
for the particulars as to this! .alleged foreign patent, Mr. Hunter
could not give than. Mr. Seely thinks that the circumstances
of the interference are in our favor and that we can win it. He
regards the point Mr. Hunter makes on foreign patents as unimpor¬
tant.- Another, and the chief reason, why Mr. Seely prefers to
have the interference continued is that the testimony; .thusfar given
by Mr. Hunter in the Sprague cases gives him reason to believe
that it may be important for us to have an opportunity to cross-
examine Hunter at almost any time, and the continuance of this in¬
terference would always give us such an ppportunity at short no¬
tice, and further, he does not oonsider the questions involved
in this interference upon your part of any particular present
moment .
Will you kindly give me your views upon this matter
and as to the course you think itvvould be wisest for us to pursue
LAW OFFICES,
Dear Sir:-
tve send you herewith an affidavit which we would like to have
you sign and acknowledge before a notary publio/and return to us
for use in your application Mo. 81,327, for the puip ose of carry¬
ing the date of your invention bafjk of a reference. You have al¬
ready made an affidavit injthis application to the fact of invention
prior to October 20th 1882, but the Office he H that a bare affi¬
davit to the fact was not sufficient. In the above affidavit we
have set forth the place at which the electrode was made(and the
name of a person, who, as we suppose, saw it. We think that this
affidai^?t«Wil 1 be sufficient. If not we shall bejobliged to get
the affidavit of on* or more persons who saw the electrode.
Yours truly,
DYER & SEELY.
(Diet at ad)
LAW OFFICES,
NEW . April . 7-1890. .
Thomas A.Edison Esq.
Orange,
I enolose a preliminary statement in the interfer¬
ence on the glass making apparatus consisting of a receptacle hav¬
ing an aperture and a plunger for forcing the melted glass out
through the aperture. 1 found a sketch and description of this ap¬
paratus whioh you sent us October 3, 1887 so I put the date of
conception of the invention as Sept. 1887 and the time of making
apparatus as about the time of filing the applicat ion, whioh I be¬
lieve is your recollection about it. Please sign the statement and
have Randolph swear you and send it back to us at once.
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Thomas A.Edisi _
Orange,
N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Enolosed herewith we hand you the assignment from
Mr. Kennelly to yourself of his invention in electric meters, the
patent upon which was issued January 14-1890, #261, 264. Please ac¬
knowledge reoeipt and oblige.
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
<yj£w April IT, T890 ,
Thomas. A. Edison, Esq,, _ _ C) '
Dear Sir: •
Re Feeder Suit. If agreeable to yo
to take Mr. F.H. Betts to Orange next Tuesday morning, I5th inst. ,
for .the purpose -of a conference as to what constitutes a Feeder.
The time has come when we must decide clearly just what we claim
a Feeder is, and as the defendants will introduce testimony in¬
volving this question, next week, we ought to have a conference
with you not later than Tuesday, if possible'.
Will it be agreeable to you to see us next Tuesday
morning at the Laboratory, and at what hour?
Awaiting the favor of an early reply, I remain.
Very truly yours,
aji^vxL
In working up the application on your prcpelling device
for electric care etc. in which chains are wound on drums mounted
on the car axle we do not find any provision fbr reversing the
directi on of motion of the c&r. The draftsman understood from
what he saw at the laboratory that both chains were wound on their
respective druns in the sa.ro direction so that they woid co-oper¬
ate, that is they would work alternately, to move the car fa- ward,
the connecting rods connected to the chains being roomaated recip¬
rocated byjoppe-s t E&Zyf arranged cranks on the mot a- shaft. If this
is the correct view, how would the car be reversed, or dddjyou intend
to put in the case wilh ait showing any means for such reiersal?
Yours truly,
N f ! ~ <• r (v.
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atand that you want us to take out patents on your new mailing box
for phonograms in England, Germany, France, Belgium, India, Italy,
Austria, Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales .Will you kindly
advise us whether you wish us to proceed with these matters at
once and in advanoe of the allowance of the application whi* has
been filed in this country, or to wait until the base is allowed,
so that the foreign patents-will not^feot the U.S. patents? Also
will you please say whether we shall render the bill for this mat¬
ter againit you personally? You said southing yesterday about
oharging it to the Seligmana.
Yours very truly.
Vvu «ew York City, April 22nd, 1890'. ^
Dear Mr. Edison!
Thls opinion from BottB may interest you. The
defense set up about fifty anticipations and references. Mr.
had him^Tr i th^Sh ^h9m a11 and th9n laid 'them- before me. I
had him also lay them before Mr. Betts'.
Betts thinks it will not pay to go on with the
ease for reasons stated in this letter.
Very truly yours,
ay to go on with the
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hear Rir:-
?iu‘ mi ant to your ins true t, ions , I have had an in¬
terview with hr, . O'Reilly , in ’’elation to the patent Mo, 243, 424,
.ror Pitt ins and Eixturo for1 Eloetric lamps, dated October 13th., 1331.
I understand that the third Clam only of said patent
is involved in litigation.
That Claim is in the following words:
"3. The combination of a pandent incandescing olectric
"lamp and a sachet to which said lamp is removably attached, with
"an open flaring reflector supported by moans attached to or
"above said socket, whereby tho downward reflect ion of the light
"in uninterrupted and tho Hasp can be removed and placed in
"said socket without disturbing- tho position of said shade or re¬
flector, substantially as set forth."
hr. O'Reilly., has exhibited to me a number of
English and United States patents which illustrate tho prior
state of tho art, from which it appears that prior to tho invent-
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folio 'W in-; things were old.
1. A pondont incandescing electric lamp.
2* Open, flaring reflectors, support od above light -giv¬
ing apparatus of various hinds, such an gas- jots, lamps tad
oloctiic arc lights.
no far as appoarn, it was now with Edison to arrange
a removable incondoscing lamp below a reflector.
Of course, it was not new to arrange a removable lamp
of any kind below a reflector, ns such contrivance is to bo found
in a groat variety of forms, in the arrangement of ronovafclo
oil-lamps below a rofloctor.
The question presented in wliethor thero is in substance
any invention in arranging a removable pendent electric lamp be¬
low u reflector.
I am unable to see any patentable novelty in this.
So far as I am informed, thero in no\ now function or re¬
sult produced by arranging a poddont incandescing electric lamp be¬
low a reflector, as compared' with the arrangement o f rnajyy other
forms of light-giving apparatus below reflectors.
The idea of preventing the casting of objectionable
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shadows V/uft not now v/ith Edison and had boon referred to in oov-
oral prior- pntonts, and various other li<jht-{jivinc apparatus
hud boon tmv,n~ofl for that purpose.
I mn not disposed to question tho patentability of tho
invention flCT making n' incandescent oloetrio-luirp roftovablo at
v/ill ft* ow ito socket so that successive lanpsmny boused in tho
awno no cl: of, , but tho Olnim in question in lueroly for such an ar-
ran(jomont of tho lamp whon pendent below a -flurin,~ reflector,
and +li in , it r.ppoafcB tome, did not roqire invention, because
there is no new result duo to the joint action of the elements--,
of this combination.
Yours truly,
Frederic 1!. Betts.
1 . X w-C %Lf//j
Dear Sir:
Re Feeder Case. Mr. Frederic Betts, our Counsel,
would like to examine Sir William Thompson as an expert by sending
over written interrogatories. Do you approve?
Mr. Betts says he used Sir William in an important
storage battery case, also in the duplex telegraph case, and that
he found him a mostointelligent and valuable expert.
The Edison English Company is suing on the Feeder
Patent. Of course we would not engage Sir William without first
letting them know about it.
Are you willing that we should engage Sir William if
we can?
Awaiting the favor of your reply, weremain,
Very truly yours,
? C
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“ New York City, April 24th, 1890,
Dear Ur, Bdison:
Re Filament Suit, Defendants' Attorneys served on
me to-day a notice of a motion which will he heard in the United
States Court here on May 2nd,asking the Court to direct us to pro¬
duce you, Mr. Bat eh el or and^KTr . Upton for oross -examination. This
motion results— from aur'aeoi si on not to oall you as a witness. T
send you word in^eMar that you may know what is going on. Please
excuse p rijnjad'si gnature .
Very truly yours,
S. B. Baton.
+ p(, Oj^-rfs
Thomas A. Sdiaon, Baq, ,
Orange, N. J,
Dear Sir:-
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Re Patent Ho. 048,424, Pendant Lamp and Shade.
In eompllanee with your request I send you herewith the
references to former patents designed to do away with objectionable
shadows in illuminating devises. You* patent is dated October
18th, 1881, but I understand that the date of invention was prob¬
ably August 1870. The Noahs* of your patent la 848,494, as above.
The prior patents Having the sane object in view, were aa
follows:
(11 Inglish Patent Xo. 12, UO, of 1848, to Kwapton.
This patent states that "the whole of the shadow trm the burner
fittings (gas) is thrown bask upon the branoh by arranging the
"burner in a horlsontal position."
(8) Snglieh Patent Xo. 1808, of 1888, to Vontalnesttreau.
This patent describes an are light apparatus which, it is stated,
is "so constructed that its parts when suspended, do not fens any
•shadow beneath."
8
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among tha advantages®* hi. ilfehlkH* ipfrfritei id '«h« float balng
••Bitted inadownrisrd direction, t¥* &¥nar ahtt #u, of the
•fex«ba are 'pltoad thrb* iny eh«aow.-
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~%i#t,^aa*«w» a W«ttd of onobatnutaft light,*
fn -addition to tha abort tha Tailoring patent* and pon-
,lia«ti.n.aa»rito. derlHi f*r * abailar purpb aa, althaogh ill or
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(7) Snglish Patent No. 8801 of 1870 to Wsrdsrmsnn , de¬
scribee an arrangement of reflectors for eleetrle lights* and aays:
•that by this arrangement no dark shadows are throw: in any direc-
■tion.«
(8) Snglish Patent No. 8697 of 1870 to Clark* describes
an arrangement of are limits "so that no shadow is east beneath the
*la«fl>» more espec ially if the guide 0 be fur niched with a re-
■fleotor . *
(0) The Telegraphic Journal for September 18th, 1870,
speaks of Heinrich's are light formed of circular carbons whereby
the lamp can *be so constructed that the mechanism which holds the
•carbons is placed above the are,* whereby "the inconvenience and
"I®*8 of light caused by the shadow of the mechanism which esists
•in most other leave, is thus avoided.*
The engineer, Dfsswber 8, 1879, in speaking of Hein¬
rich's electric lamp, aays that among other objections to the or¬
dinary electric lamp is *the shadow thrown by the frmae-werk of the
lamp supporting the mechanise which holds or feeds the carbons, *
and that in Heinrich' s lamp "the mechanism which holds and feeds
•the carbons is plaesd above the are so that no shadow is thrown
•downwards, and there is eonsc«xently no loss of lipht in this
*dlreetion. *
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DYER &_SEELY. (Dictated)
N EW yo r k...... Apr..il....88-. ...18.9.Q.*. .
A.O. Tate Esq.
Orange,
N.J.
Dear Sir: -
In reply to your letter of the 26th inst.we would
say that we do not think the error you describe in stamping the
battery Jars will have any effect on the patents. The law does not
require that the name of the patentee shall be used at all .but the
fact of patenting and the date of the paient are all that is neces¬
sary. Our reoolleotion is however that your agreement with Lalande
requires you to put his name on the batteries. While we see no
reason why you should not send out the/ batteries already marked, we
think it would be as well fo^/ you: to ^orreot the mistake in the fu¬
ture.
I ,
j Yours truly,
I A
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DYER & SEELY.
V OFFICES, ,
38 WALL STREET,
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Thomas A. Edison Esq.
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Dear Slr:-
You will remember that you filed an application on
a process for duplicating phonograms in which you made use of
your process of depositing by an electric are or incandescence in
a vacuum to make a thin film of metal on the wax phonogram which
was afterward strengthened and then the wax melted out leaving the
impression of the record on the interior of the new cylinder .The
Patent Office thinks that this process is inoperative because the
heat of the vapor deposited on the wax would melt the wax and de¬
stroy the record. My understanding of this matter has been that
the process is accompanied by little or no heat. Willyou please
let me know whether this is so or not? I understand that you have
practically carried out the process and in fact you furnished us
a cylinder which had the metal deposit and apparently had the
record uninjured ,but the Examiner is not satisfied with this and
if I could show him that there is no heat that would settle the /
question. ^
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LAW OFFICES,
DYER & SEELY.
(Dictat ed)
y A. 0. Tate Esq.
Orange ,
N.J.
Dear Sir: -
We enclose herewith an assignment of Patents #425,761
and #425,762 issued April 15, 1890. Kindly have Mr. Edison execute
this assignment and have some one witness it, and return the same^T
We also enclose a copy of each of these two patents;
also copies of two other patents issued on the same day.which we "
though Mr. Edison might wish to see.
id./- - /or'itsL
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:
Re Feeder Case. Please find enclosed the cross
examination of Pope dovm to date. Mr, Betts feels that he would.be
greatly benefited if you would run over it and make any suggestions
for further oross examination. Betts thinks that Popejs ad- -
missions help us. Jenks thinks that the defense is going to claim
that an alternating system does not need Feeders, and that the
necessity for Feeders existing in the oase of a low pressure sys¬
tem, does not apply to a high pressure system.
Kindly send back the enclosed so that 1 shall
get it on Monday without fail.
Hoping you will take the time to {Look over the
enclosure and make notes thereon, I remain.
Very truly yours
tff- ' -cy/pn
EATON a LEWIS
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:-
Re Reeder Case, , The record of Pope's cross,
was received from you this mroning. I note that you Yfent over it
very carefully, and must have spent a good deal of tine.' I
shall send it at once to Mr. Betts. We are under great obliga¬
tions to you for giving the matter such pranpt and careful atten-
t ion.
L.
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DYER A. SEELY.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Dear Sir:-
LAW OFFICES,
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In your application No. 819 the Allowing claims stand
rejected by the Office.
"1* A steP for a Phonograph motor composed of a rough
"jewel cemented upon a suitable support and having its
"upper face ground smooth, substantially as set forth.
"2. A step for a phonograph motor consisting of an ad¬
justable base or block having a cup in its upper end and
a rough jewel embedded in a body or cement in said cup
"and ground flat on its projecting face, substantially as
"set forth.
"3, The combination with a phonograph and a motor with
"the vertical shaft for driving the same, of a bearing
"for the motor shaft conposed of a rough jewel of sapphire
"cemented upon a suitable support and having its upper
"face ground smooth, substantially as Bet forth.
"4. The combination with the shaft of a step or bearing
"therefor consisting of a support having a cavity in its
"end, a jewel of sapphire having an irregular surface ex¬
cept on its outer face said face being smooth, and a
"binding material in the cavity around the irregular sur-
T. A. 8. (2).
"face of the jewel, substantially as set forth.
We desire to know whether you consider these claims of suf¬
ficient importance to warrant an appeal to the Board of Examine]
in-Chief. The chances of getting the claims, at least fee last
feree claims, are believed to bo ^uite good, although of course
it is not certain that we could get1 them.
Very respectfully.
/«y / '^o
. dyer & seely. (Dictated)
A.O. Tate Esq.
Orange,
N. J .
Dear Sir:-
o
Your letter of the 8th inst. enclosing a copy of a
letter from Mr.Welle containing some questions pertaining to the
patent 8 for toy phonograph was duly received. We will take up the
questions in Mr.Wells letter in the order in which he proposes
them, as follows:
(1) We do not understand that you. wish us to answer
this question, which does not relate to the patents.
(8) The date of the English patent of Jaoques, De¬
cember 17th, is the date when the application was filed. It was
therefore later than the Edison application of December 10th.
(3) Mr. Edison' 8 application in Germany Marth
11,1890.
(4) We understand this question to refer to the U.s
patents of Jacques, No. 383299 and 400,851. We do not think these
patents are broad enough to prevent Jacques from making any kind
of phonograph dolls. The broad idea of putting a phonograph in a
doll is at least as old as 1878 and there can be no patent broader
for this combination. The two Jacques patents are for certain
features of construction and unless dolls are made which embody the
particular combinations claimed in the patents they -will not in¬
fringe the patents. If this question refer? to the foreign patents
of Jacques we are unable to answer it for we have never seen these
patents. Assuming however what is probably the case, that the for¬
eign patents are similar to the U.S. patents of course the same
answer will be made with reference to them.
(5) We cannot say at present as to the Qerman ap¬
plication of Jacques. If a patent ha# been issued in Germany we
could find out about it from our European Agents if you wish us to
do so. If the application is still pending in Germany there is no
way of finding out about it unless you can get the information from
Mr. Jacques or from the attorney or agent through whom the applica¬
tion was fiild. Our impression is that Mr. Jacques took. out his
V.Sipatents through Mr. Joseph Lyons, #1003 F. Street, Washington, D.C.
If Mr. Lyons obtained the foreign patents and if the Toy Phono¬
graph Go. Is entitled to ask him for information about them, no
doubt it can be obtained in that way.
A.' 0. Tate, Esq,,
b
Orange, N. J. '
We beg to advise you that the annual tax alf'Mr. Edison's
English patent No. 7tf§2 and 7584 of 1885 will be due the early
:,Kindly let us know at once whether you desire to.hav*'thi
18 paid. These two patents are on the phontJplex system.
Yours very truly, ^
dyer & seely. (Dictated)
My dear Mr. -Edison:
new York— — May.XZ, . 1890-
X enclose a copy of a draft for a Bill cover-
ins the preliminary injunction question. Ypu will see that I have
preceded our point by a provision limiting suits in the first in¬
stance to the manufacturer or seller. It may not be necessary to
do this, but this is the thing which the Grangers have been advocat¬
ing for a number of year8/and in any bill providing for extending
the^prelftniniry injunction it would seem that the Granger notion
should be included. I return the copy of the article entitled
"A Heeded Reforn in our Patent System." On reflection I have con¬
cluded that the treatment of the subject which you suggested yester-
day by a recitation of the hallowing and eloquent details would
lower the dignity of the paper without making it more interesting
and would not be the sort of thing which should come from you. You
should treat the subject comprehensively. The people whom yoU Want'
to interest on influence will supply the &&& The hero is ex¬
pected to be modest in the recital of his exploits. While this is
my judgment about the article I would of course be glad to d6 .rhat
I can for you if you still adhere to your Views expressed yester¬
day.
[ENCLOSURE. ESSAY RY RICHARD N. DYER?]
A HEEDED REFORM IN OUR PATENT SYSTEM.
We think our patent system is the most oanplete
and perfect that exists. Here there is supposed to be
the fullest recognition of that speoies of property which
is the pure creation of the intellect. Our Courts have
been called upon more frequently than those of other
countries to enforce the rights which may exist in prop¬
erty of this oharaot er7 and our judicial literature upon
this subject is voluminous and comprehensive. Yet the
system is coupled with an injustice which well nigh robs
it of its entire value and which is rapidly bringing it
into discredit with the business oomnunity.
Enterp rises based upon patents attract the public
attention, especially if they deal with something which
enters into our daily lives. They exoite the imagina¬
tion until the most extravagnnt estimates of their money-
earning value are readily credited. Generally, however,
such enterprises emerge from a period of prolonged ges¬
tation saddled with a large investment for experimental
work, which,, from a business point df view, is only war-
I ranted by the advantages arising from a monopoly extend-
. ing for a United time and capable of being established
before a ocmpetition not hampered byexperimental outlay
is introduced.
Ab soon as the value of an invention has been es¬
tablished or is conceded by public opinion, unscrupulous
persons, seeing the opportunity which oredulity offers
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[enclosure, essay by richaro n. dyer?]
seek the enlistment of capital in of the
patented enterprise, usually trusting in their ability
to make the business profitless to the originators by
the cutting of prices and to eventually oonpol a oomprom
ise and a division of the business; or looking no fur¬
ther than the immediate profit thoy derive from the sale
of stoak. In the latter oase tho opposition scheme
reaches the seme position as in tho/&£T case, although
perhaps not as quickly, since those who find themselves
left with such an organization on their hands by the gam¬
blers whose purpose it ha3 served, are forced, however
repugnant to their consciences, to take the only course
which offers hope for the recovery of their money, i. „.
the coercion of the inventor and those interested with
him. They must force themselves into the fold without
destroying the inclosura which may be used to keep other
wolves out. Their purpose is not to break down an un- .
lawful monopoly. That would have in it an element of
unselfishness / since suooess in such an undertaking would
result in giving tho entire public the same right to man¬
ufacture and sell. the patented article. The monopoly
must be maintained for thoir benefit, but they must be
P^^tte^iro^are in the profits. Tim Infilngaro CliinJi-
itci'/d tho u air a a nvuuL^be maintained, even if the property
is demolished beyond the possibility of profitable div-
[ENCLOSURE. ESSAY RY RICHARD N. DYER?]
consistent in a cause^equally praiseworthy, but u am ni-mt
3^aii.n,7nn-&Ui»<.f1. nr ,. r'j-lug-lu 0LU n
"I am in blood
"Ste^d in so far that, should 1 wade no more,
"Returning were as tedious as go o'er."
Our patent law, or the practice whioh the Court s
have established under it, gives the unscrupulous infrin¬
ger the opportunity which ho seeks.
It is right here that our system develops a vital
weakness. The inventor may and generally does bring
suit at once upon hi3 patent, asking among other things
that the infringer bo enjoined or restrained from making
selling or using the patented article. The infringer
expects this and provides the "sinews of war" for carry¬
ing on the litigation. That and the ruinous cutting #f
Prices are the leaven of his scheme. He has the bene¬
fit of the law's delay. it is only at the end of a !
litigation which may be prolonged for years, or until the :
maneuvers and excuses of ingenious counsel 'are exhaust e^i
that an injunction will be issued stopping his commercial
operations.
The fact that the invention has been found t o be
new and useful by the Government and that the patent has
been granted after a rigid examination, avails nothing;
the facts that the inventor has not only created the
article but also the demand for it, that to tos expended j
time find money in its development, that to lias made the ■ !
necessary investment for its proper manufacture and sale* j
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[ENCLOSURE. ESSAY BY RICHARO N. DYER?]
that he is in position to supply the demand, and that
the infringer is without a shadow of right in the prem¬
ises, may aU be a tovm, and yet the inventor is without
summary remedy.
Preliminary injunction? stopping the infringer at
the beginning of the suit, are only granted when the pat¬
ent has passed through this trial by firo end been de-
)'IX-ZU
olaredAby the Courts, or if it lias been long recognized
as valid by the particular trade, or when by reason of
the relations of the parties t o the suit the infringer is
not allowed by the Court t o question the validity of the
patent, as when he was the patentee and sold the patent
to the parties bringing the suit, or when lie was defeated
in an interference contest in the Patent Office, where
he and the patentee were claiming the same invention,
and the Commissioner of Patents decided that the patant.ee j
and not he was the first and true inventor. These and
sane others of similar character are special oases which !
form exceptions to the general rule that a preliminary
injunction will only be grante d provided the patent has
already been sustained by the Courts. They do not in¬
clude the case or the bold invader of the patented enter |
Pi;s'e who has no right at all upon which to justify the
invasion. His would seem to be a case presenting the
least claim for consideration by the Courts, and yet if ,
he has taken care not to bocar.o involved in'contract or. |
similar relations with the inventor, a showing of the
most extreme hardship on the part of the inventor and
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[ENCLOSURE. ESSAY RY RICHARD N. DYER?]
the rao3t unw arrant eel infringement will not be permitted
by the Courts to take fran the infringer the precious
privileges of trying to drive the invontor to the wall
by competition and of prolonging the litigation to give
sufficient time to make the coercion effective. If
this opportu ity wore ;ut off by the granting of prelim- ;
inary injunctions, tho occupation of the speculating
Infringer would be gone..
The theory of the moral and criminal law that "better !
a hundred guilty men esoapo than that one innocent nan
be convicted" as allied to patents is made to read that
"better a hundred patentees be ruined than that one
infringer who has a good defense atomg'ilk b /g^ey^cf^whi 1 e
he is establishing it". The legal presumption is sup¬
posed to be in favor of tho validity of a patent as it j
is in favor of the innooence of a criminal and yet if.
the pres unlit ion were equally efficacious for the crimin¬
al as it is for a patont^he would be hung (or electrocut¬
ed) without evidence of guilt unless he was able to es¬
tablish his innocence by affirmative proof.
It iB one of the distinctive features of our patent
:
system ti.at applications for IBw intents are subjected to
a rigid examination by Government officials whose duty it
is to see that no patents are Issued except such as are
for new and useful inventions and such as are in the form
wlii oh the Courts have approved as valid. For thie . ser¬
vice our Government has collected fran invent ors^^c
dollars, and the Patent Rind to-day
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[ENCLOSURE. ESSAY BY RICHARO N. OYER?]
shows a balance of p-iss dollars,
after rayine all exponses of ruining the Patent Office,
including the cost of the department building which has
always been used largely by other branches of the Govern¬
ment.
Our patents are supposed to be ] rima facie valid,
--teat is, the legal presunjtion is in favor of their valid*:
- *ty ahd the burden of proof is upon the person who tries
to show that they are invalid; but in tills respect ,
notwithstanding our rigid patent Offic-texaminatians,
our patents are treated with no more consideration by
our Courts than are English patents by English Courts,
although English patents are granted without examination.
The practise of refusing to grant preliminary
injunction on patents not already litigated and sustain-
ed may bo n^ssary or desirable for English patents,
and it may be found that the practice of our Courts in .
this respect was originally established by a too slavish
following of the decisions of the English courtBj but
it would seem that our Patent Offioe examination could
logically be made to take the place for our patents that
the first trial by an English Court takes for an ^hglish
patent.
The remedy for the condition of af fai rs I have
pointed out would seem to be a simple one. The bald
infringer who enters the field without foundation of
right after the inventor has put the invention into prac¬
tical shape and introduced it tip on the market, should be ;
[ENCLOSURE. ESSAY RY RICHARD N. OYER?]
enjoined at the caranenoement of the suit, and prevented
from o ont inuing his oonpetition while the litigation is
in progress, unless indeed, he is able to show a good
defense such as would at tho present tine* deter the Couit;
from granting a preliminary injunction in the ease of a '
patent which has already been litigated and sustained. j
Suoh a remedy should, of a aurse, ue uoupled with ;
fr>. /‘L* — /CL' . |
the obligation^ o bring suit within a definite time after |
stZ\. c*
the infringement begins, and subjoot to the power of tho
Oourt to remove the injunction, if, duo to the fault of
the inventor, the ease i3 not brought into condition for I
argument and deoision within a reasonablo time.
'i'his olmnge in the law, or the praotioe under it,
would in most eases of meritorious inventions be a safe j
guard against thoy^haractor of (ini qlt oust sreoulation
which is rapidly undermining the value of our patent •' j
system, and causing reputable capitalists to shun enter- i
prises based upon patented inventions. i
IUTLER, STILLMAN & HUBBARD.
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He Patent 248,424, Pendant lamp and Shade. Your letter
of the 1st Inst, in reference to this matter was submitted by me to
Mr. Betts, with a request that he consider the matter further in
the light of the possible effect of the suggestion contained in
your said letter of the 1st inst. in enabling us to sustain our
patent. His views upon the subject are embodied in his letter of
the 10th inst., a copy of which I send you herewith.
Hoping you will give me the benefit of any further sug¬
gestions that may occur to you in this regard, I remain,
[ENCLOSURE]
S. 8. Eaton, Esq.,
Dear Sir:-
New York, May 10, 1890.
In answer to your letter of May 6th, in the
matter of the Edison patent, No. 248,424, for Pendant Lamp, and
Shade, I bee to say that I have examined the copies of the cor¬
respondence between yourself and Mr. Edison, in relation to this
patent, since my opinion of the 19th ult.
I concur entirely with Mr. Edison’s statement that a gas-
jet does not, in the sense of his patent, burn downward, and is
not, in the sense of his patent, a pendant lamp.
I had already considered the position that it might be
said that nothing but an incandescent lamp would throw the whole of
its light below the mechanism.
One of the references shown me by Mr. O'Reilly, however,
delineated and described an arc-lamp, with two parallel carbons
projecting from above, the light being emitted between the two
points which were located at the lowest part of the structure.
Another patent showed an incandescing lamp arranged in a
pendant position exactly as shown in the Edison patent. This
lamp, however, did not have a reflector above the light, and there
was a protecting frame which would have cast a shadow below the
globe •
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It v/as, hov^ever, a pendant incandescing light.
My difficulty is that, in view of the fact that a, pendant
incandescing electric lamp was old, and also that reflectors, sub¬
stantially of the kind described in the Edison patent, had been
used with other kinds of light-giving apparatus, for the purpose of
throwing the light dovmwards, that there did not appear to be any
new result due to the joint action of these tv/o old elements.
If a pendant incandescing electric lamp had been nev/ with
Mr. Edison, and described for the first time in the said patent
No. 248,424, there Yfould then have been some chance of sustaining
the claim.
Yours Truly,
Frederic H. Betts.
EATON & LEWIS
,y}fc/M .fyvr/y.
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
May__aia.t,Iflao.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Sir:
_ 1 b0S *0 acknowledge the receipt of your valued
favor of yesterday containing draft for proposed bill touching
anJUle!ie?e+!n suits> Congress is notoriously opposed to
t e°it rr19 to patents, but the beauty of Jour draJt
7° „ a* 1 is in a certaln sense favorable to patents it is
in a much larger sense favorable to the public. Eor that reason
it ought to suit the Granger element, as you say.
ma. . JMr’ Batt8 is the best man I know of to talk this
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Very truly yours,
DYER & SEELY.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear SirJ-
We inclose, for your signature, an ab ai cb nm entjoT^ouT'
old application on fee sapphire turning-off tool, in view of fee
f*t that the new application executed by you last week embraces
hot only a sapphire recorder but also a sapphire tuming-off tool;
and feis application is abandoned in order th* to may get allow- i
ance of the later implication.
Very respectfully,
EATON S. LEWIS
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq'.,
Dear Sirs
Re Meter Suit. Will you kindly construct a meter
according to your patent, as discussed between you and Mr. Clarke,
for use in this suit, charging it to the Edison Electric Light Com¬
pany,
X shall ask President Herrick to approve this order
at the bottom hereof.
Very truly yours,
General Counsel'.
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Henry Villard, Esq.,
New York. City, June 10th, 1890..
Dear. Sir: —
Re Patent Arbitration. I beg to submit the following com¬
ments on Mr. Edison's objections to the proposed agreement with the
Thomson-Houston Company, copy of the said agreement being annexed
hereto:
[1] Mr. Edison. says. that as regards incandescent lighting,
the Thomson-Houston Co.' infringe perhaps fifty of our patents, while we
infringe none of theirs, and that for this reason they add largely to ■
their own strength by securing licenses from us, and we get no licenses
in return.'
Whether in fact they have incandescent patents which we in¬
fringe we cannot tell until we get their list of patents. Doubtless the
number which we infringe will be but few, if any.- On the other hand
it is true that they infringe a very large number of our incandescent
patents, including central, station patents.
Is it better for us to grant licenses and take the royalties
the arbitrators might give us, or to wait for' the final action of the
Courts? My own judgment is that as regards damages for past infringe¬
ment, we had better except the arbitration and take the royalties awarded,
but as regards granting licenses, that is a question of broad business
policy for you and the Board, to consider.
[2] . Mr. Edison’s reasons against granting licenses for the
future use of our incandescent patents which the Thomson-Houston Co:,
now infringe, are strong. The proposed plan is for us to grant licenses
on royalties to be fixed by the arbitrators, on all now existing patents
which their standard plants of to-day infringe, and as regards patents
hereafter granted on applications now pending, we are to grant licenses
only in case those future patents are infringed by their standard plants
of to-day. Mr. Edison states that in a million dollar station, the total
profit would be $200, .000. In this million dollar expenditure, he says
that the apparatus covered by patents would not cost more than $70,000.,
the profit on which would be perhaps $14,000., and if the arbitrators
allowed us even one-half of the profit as a royalty, we would get only
$7,000. Thus, Mr. Edison says, we create a competitor for this million
dollars worth -of business, and allow him to make profits on machinery
and stock, in competition with ourselves, for the trifling sum of $7,000.
There is great force in what Mr. Edison says, and .1 suggest
that if licenses for future use are to be granted, a provision be inserted
in the agreement to the effect that the arbitrators shall award us a
percentage of royalty on the total price paid by the customer for the
entire plant, to fairly compensate us for creating a rival whom we claim
we could at law suppress. But would the Thomson-Houston Go. consent
to inserting such a provision? If not, shall we refuse to arbitrate
at all? '
I
2.
4 , C3] Mr- Edison asks whether the Siemens patents are to be
included, also the Stieringer and Dyer patents, also the Zipernowski
and Phillips patents on wire covering, and the various manufacturing
patents outside of electric lighting.
My answer tft this question is that it is intended to cover all'
of the patents belonging to the Light Co., the General Co., the Sprague
Co, and the Shops, that is to say, the entire group of Edison companies.
The contract attached hereto, is made with the Light Co. alone, but
it is intended to make similar contracts with the Sprague Co., the
General Co., 4o., to the end' that the entire list of patents, including
Edison, Sprague, and all others, shall be included so far as we have the
power -.to' include them. *
[4] Mr. Edison inquires whether the proposed arbitration
agreement will include his future inventions covered by his proposed new
contract with the General Co.
My answer to that it will not. The scope of the arbitration
agreement is limited, first, to the patents which we own or control
to-day, and second, to certain applications for patents which' are pending
to-day in the Patent Office. The agreement does not cover all of our
said pending applications of to-day. It covers . only those certain ones
which find their counterpart in the actual standard apparatus of the
Thomson-Houston Company as it exists to-day. For instance, all lamp
patents which we own to-day are included in the above agreement; all
lamp inventions set forth in our pending applications to-day in the
Patent Office are included also, provided they are actually infringed
by the Thomson-Houston lamp of to-day; but all pending applications which
embody new features, which constitute a new departure, which show some¬
thing not found in the Thomson-Houston lamp of to-day, are not included.
To repeat, any and all inventions which Mr. .Edison makes in
the future, are not included in the arbitration agreement, but, on
the other hand, we. shall have the right to proceed against the Thomson-
Houston Company touching those inventions, the same as if the arbitra¬
tion agreements were never made.-
[5] Mr. Edison. asks whether the arbitration agreement in¬
cludes the patents of the various companies controlled by the Thomson-'
Houston Company, such as the Port Wayne Jenny, the Vanderpoel, the
Brush, the Welding Co., & o.
My answer . is that, the agreement is to include' all of their
electric light, electric railway and power companies, excepting the
Brush, which Company the Thoms.on-Houston people do not yet control. They
say that they have not yet paid for the stock of the Brush Co., - but
that when they do, and get control, the Brush Co. shall be included
in the arbitration agreement, .if we wish.
[3] Mr. Edison asks whether the contract requires us to
show our secret process on lamps, for the purpose of allowing the
Thomson-Houston Company to decide whether we infringe their patents in
that regard.
My answer is that it does, but I can easily have the contract
changed. Indeed, I undertake to dispose . of this point to Mr . .Edieon'.s
satisfaction, by consent of the other side.
■t7] Mr. Edison. asks how the agreement will affect our
licensee local companies, and how it will affect those of the Thomson-
Houston Company.
My answer is that as regards .our local companies they are not
bound by the agreement. , V/e have no power to bind them. .They can
accept the benefits of , the agreement if they wish, but we cannot compel-
them to. The agreement recognizes our duties to our licensee companies,
and leaves us free to perform those duties to the extent of our legal
obligation.
.As. regards licensees of the Thomson-Houston Company, I have
been furnished with a list of them. .It appears that as a rule the
Thomson-Houston Company have sold no territorial rights, but have done
business a good deal as the Sprague Company has done, viz: Granting mere
ly the right or license to use specific machinery an^ apparatus. Thus
the Thomson-Houston Company are at a great disadvantage as compared to
ourselves,, touching licensees, for it has been our rule to sell territory,
and theirs not to, and as regards territory we have parted with, the
arbitration is not binding.
CS3 Mr. Edison asks whether the other party is so tightly
tied up by the agreement that it can be made to abide by it and by the
decision of the arbitrators, even if said other party wishes to evade.
.My . answer is that before the agreement is executed, amendments
will be made which will tie up both parties absolutely.- The law on that
point is now being examined, and after we finally decide just what amend¬
ments- v/e require in this regard, they will be submitted to the highest
legal authority for revision.
[9] As regards the personnel of ; the arbitrators, we now
propose to have all three of them agreed upon in advance. .Two. have
been already suggested, Mr.. Beaman by us, and Mr. .Russell, the leader of
the Boston Bar, by the other party. .1 .do not think that we can agree
upon the third arbitrator. .If we cannot, each side will write down
three names, and from those six names Messrs. Beaman and Russell, if
they be accepted as arbitrators, will select the third arbitrator.
It is intended that all the three arbitrators shall be men
of the highest character. Moreover, Mr. Beaman is not to be considered
as our man, nor Mr. Russell as theirs, but each arbitrator is to be. held
in honor to be strictly neutral. ■ Indeed it is proposed that no con¬
ference shall be allowed between an arbitrator and one party to the I
contract, except in the presence of the other party. The exceptionally I
high standing of Mr.. Beaman and Mr. Russell constitute a guarantee. \
Pursuant to your suggestion, I shall send a copy of this document j
to each member of the Board of the General Company.. j
Respectfully, j
S. B. EATON,
General Counsel.
[ENCLOSURE]
DRAFT 0!? PROPOSED PATENT ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AS IT STAMPS
JUNE 10, 1390,
AGREEMENT made this day of May, 1890, between
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, .a corporation organized under the laws
of the’ State of New York, of the first part, and TH0MS0N-H0UST0N ELECTRIC
COMPANY; a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Con¬
necticut, of the second part.
WHEREAS the parties, hereto are severally the owners of a large
number of United States patents relating to electric light, heat and.
power, including the transmission of electric power and electric rail¬
ways, and for the purpose of avoiding the expense and delay of litiga¬
tion, propose to submit to arbitration as hereinafter provided for,
their respective claims, each party against the other party, for alleged
infringements of said patents:
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as followss-
FIRST.
The first party covenants that the list of patents hereto an¬
nexed marked Exhibit A, and entitled "List of . Edison Co. Patents, " is a
complete list of all of the United States Patents which the first, party
owns, controls or is in any way interested in to the extent of posses¬
sion the legal right to maintain actions for infringement, whether as
sole plaintiff or co-plaintiff.
SECOND.
The second party covenants that the list of patents hereto
annexed marked Exhibit B., and entitled “List of Thomson-Houston Co.
Patents," is a complete list of all of the United States patents which
the second party owns, controls, or is in any way interested in, to the
extent of possessing the legal- right to maintain actions for infringe¬
ment, whether as sole plaintiff or co-plaintiff.
THIRD.
Each party hereto hereby releases the other party hereto from
any and all claim of every kind whatsoever which each said party posses--,
ses, arising out of the infringement ’of any patents heretofore or now
owned or controlled by the said parties, respectively; [including all
of the said patents as to which the said respective parties possess' or
have heretofore possessed, the legal right to maintain actions for
infringement* whether as sole plaintiff or co-plaintiff] and not set
forth in the said two exhibits heretofore annexed if any such there be.
[ENCLOSURE]
2.
FOURTH;
The parties hereto further agree. as follows:
[a] Each party hereto shall within ten days from the date of
this agreement serve upon the other party hereto a written notice recit¬
ing such of the patents set forth in the said two exhibits, respective¬
ly, as each party claims that the other uses and infringes and each
party hereby releases the other and those who have sold apparatus of the
other's manufacture, and the users of apparatus heretofore manufactured
by the other from any and all. claim, present or future, for infringement
touching any and all patents set forth in the said exhibits, respective¬
ly, which may not be recited in the said several notices."
[b] Within five days from the receipt of the foregoing notice,
by either party, the recipient thereof shall in writing notify the other
party that it either admits or denies, as the case may be, said use and
infringement touching each separate patent recited in said notice.
[cl As regards inventions and patents whose use and infringe¬
ment may be denied" as aforesaid, the party making the denial shall, for
a period of fifteen days after service of notice of denial as. provided
for above in the next preceding section, afford prompt and reasonable
inspection of its shops and plants, to the other party, for the purpose
of enabling the latter to investigate its claim of use and infringe¬
ment.
Cdl If at the end of five days after the expiration of the
fifteen days mentioned in the next preceding clause hereof, to wit:
[cl, the party alleging use and infringement as aforesaid, and to whom
the privilege of inspection shall have been given as above provided
for, shall not have again notified the said recipient of the said first
notice provided for above in the first clause of this section, to wit,
[a], That the said originally alleged use and infringement is still in¬
sisted upon notwithstanding the said denial, the said party complainant
shall be considered as having withdrawn its charge of use and infringe¬
ment, and shall be deemed to have forever released such other party and
those who have sold or who have used or shall -use apparatus of its
manufacture heretofore made, from any and all claim in that regard.
[e] Should. any question arise touching what is reasonable ac¬
cess to shops and plants for the purpose of the aforesaid inspection,
and should either party claim to be entitled to an extension of time,
touching any of the fixed periods mentioned above in this section, or
should any other question arise as to- the matters- provided for in- this-
section; the same shall- be left to the arbitrators named below in the
seventh section hereof, in the event of disagreement between the parties
themselves .
F I F T H.
The foregoing preliminaries having been completed, and the
specific patents which each claims the other infringes, having been as--
certained as above provided for, it is agreed as follows:
[a] As regards all patents the infringement of which is not
denied as aforesaid, the arbitrators shall fix the damages, if any, to
[ENCLOSURE]
oe paid by the one party, to the other, in such manner as said arbitra- ■
tors may deem just, and said findings by the arbitrators shall be oarrie
out by tne parties hereto and shall operate as a full release as v/eli t
the Company against whom the award is made, as to those who have sold or
used or shall sell or use its apparatus made prior to the' date of the
findings.
[b.l As regards all patents the infringement of which is in'- • ■
“isted upon notwithstanding the aforesaid denials, the arbitrators shall
proceed to decide the rights of the parties hereto including the question
of the validity of the patents and the question of infringement and all
other questions upon which the rights of the parties hereto depend, in
such manner and on such evidence as they may thenk best, and shall de-
termine the damages. ■ Their findings shall be carried out by the parties
hereto and shall operate as a full release as well to the Company againsl
whom the .award is made as to those who have sold or used or shall sell
or use its apparatus made prior to the date of said finuings.
■ [o] If any of the said patents coming within the scope of the
arbitration as above provided for, shall.be already in litigation,
either between the parties hereto' or between either of them arid other
parties, the arbitrators shall have power to compel the parties hereto
to leave the determination of any questions existing . between the parties
hereto which they shall find to be in issue in such suits to the ultimate
decision in such suits, and the arbitrators shall nevertheless have
power to determine what damages shall be paid by either party hereto to'
the other, in such cases, whether the right of one' against the other
is so determined in such suits, or is determined by themselves, and the
parties hereto shall, be bound thereby.- If in the judgment of the
arbitrators it is desirable that new patent suits shall be brought by
usual proceedings in Coufts as to patent litigation, to determine any
question of the rights of one party against the other under said patents
as contemplated by or provided for in this instrument, the arbitrators
shall have power to require each of the parties hereto to abide by their
decision in that regard; and they shall have power to determine what
damages shall be paid by either party hereto to the other, if the right
of one against the other is decided in such new suit or suits.
[d.l The arbitrators shall have full power to decide all
questions arising out of the alleged infringements referred to in and
covered by this agreement, including not only amounts of damages and the.
times when and conditions on which the same shall become binding and
payable, but also the ' (question whether they will themselves decide as
to the rights of the parties against each other, or leave the same or
certain thereof to-be determined by the ordinary judicial tribunals, it
being intended that they shall have full power to determine any and all
questions growing out of or relating to the said alleged infringed
patents in such manner as they may deem just. -
[el No injunctions shall at any time be applied for or ob¬
tained by either party as against the other touching any of the patents
covered by this agreement.
[f] Each party hereto shall grant to the other side right to
manufacture, use and sell under any of the patents which the other part;
[ENCLOSURE]
shall be found to have infringed .prior . to . the date hereof, . either by its
own admission or by the. findings of the arbitrators for the term of such
patents, and the arbitrators shall determine what royalties shall be
paid by each Company to the other under each patent for which it shall be
licensed during the term of the patent, it being the intent of this
agreement that after the settlement for past infringement, each party
shall be licensed under the patents of the other which it has heretofore
infringed at a royalty to be fixed by the arbitrators. Said license
shall authorize the sub-licensees of the licensed-company . to sell and use,
but not to manufacture under the patents.
[gl Inasmuch as the Edison Company has granted certain exclu-'
sive rights under its patents to the Companies named on the schedule
hereto annexed marked Exhibit C., and. the Thomson-Houston Company has
granted certain exclusive rights under its patents to the Companies
named in the Schedule hereto annexed marked Exhibit D., it is 'hereby
agreed that neither Company shall be responsible for any proceedings .
that may be instituted by its said licensees claiming exclusive rights
with a view of enforcing their rights under such licenses, but' each party
hereto agrees that it- will not aid or abet such licensees ' in so doing
except so far as it may be obliged so to do by its contract with the
licensees, and that it will use all reasonable efforts to secure1 a fair
and amicable adjustment of any questions that may arise between. any of
its licensees and the other party hereto or any of the other party’s
licensees, because of the existence of. such exclusive license.
S I H H.
The parties hereto further agree as follows:
[al As regards all applications for patents now pending in the
Patent Office, in which either party may be interested, nothing herein
contained shall prevent either of the parties hereto from prosecuting
its said applications as it may see fit, but it is further agreed that
upon the grant of any patent for any invention shown and described in
any of said applications, the said party eontroll ing . the same shall
license the other under said patent to the extent of authorizing the
other to continue during the term of such patent, to use in, or in
connection with, apparatus of its manufacture, any invention patented
in such patent that it now uses in or in connection with apparatus of
its present standard manufacture; it being the intent of the parties
hereto that the license to be granted by each to the other as provided
by this agreement, shall extend to any inventions which shall hereafter
be patented, on which applications for a patent are now pending, so
far as such inventions are now embodied in or used in connection
with the present standard apparatus of the said party not controlling
.such patent. Upon request of either of the parties hereto, said
arbitrators shall forthwith determine, ..after hearing, all questions that
may arise as to the validity of any such patent hereafter granted and
the infringement thereof, and whether the said party hereto not con —
trolling the same, is entitled to a license thereunder, and the royalty,
if any, to be paid by the party licensed.
[ENCLOSURE]
5.
S E V E N.T-H.
It is further agreed as follows:
[a] The arbitrators herein provided for shall in the first
. instance .consist of two,, one to be named by each party hereto, and
the first party accordingly .now names f
.of , and the second party accordingly
now names , of
[b] In the event of the said arbitrators disagreeing on any
question, they may select a third arbitrator. The decision . of the
said arbitrators, or . of the said three arbitrators or a majority thereof,
.shall be final and binding, .if the arbitrators above named so decide,
[c] The. arbitration herein provided for shall continue until
both parties hereto oonsent to end it, find at any and all times during
such continuance, either party hereto may bring any matter covered by
this agreement before the said arbitrators, and their decision as
aforesaid shall be binding.
Ed] In the event of the death of either of the two arbitrators
first named above, the party who shall have named him shall have power
and shall be compelled to immediately name his successor, in default,
whereof, the said successor may be named. by the other party hereto.
[el During the arbitration each .party shall pay its own
expenses, .but the compensation to be paid the arbitrators, together with
all general expenses appertaining to the arbitration shall be borne
equally by the parties hereto.
E I 6 H T H.
•To avoid misunderstanding and for the purpose of instructing
the arbitrators above provided for, it is agreed as follows: •
[a] The. said arbitrators shall at all times be subject to the
written instructions jointly given by the parties hereto.
EM All awards for damages for infringement or for royalties
as herein provided for, may be given in the aggregate touching several
cases, or in detail touching each case, as the arbitrators may think
best.
[c] Hearings shall be had by the arbitrators of which the
parties shall be notified and at which they may be requested by counsel.
Any contention arising involving questions of fact, shall be decided
by the arbitrators upon sworn testimony or otherwise as they may think
best. -The arbitrators shall apply the established rules of evidence
only so far as they deem wise.
Ed] For the purpose of facilitating the proofs before the
arbitrators each party agrees to disclose to the other and to the arbitra¬
tors any and all facts in its possession which the arbitrators shall
deem material, promptly, whenever requested so to do by the other, .or by
the arbitrators, and to afford the other full opportunity to verify
such facts by an examination of its books or in such way as the arbitra¬
tors shall designate.
[e] The reason why the .parties hereto resort to arbitration
[ENCLOSURE]
as herein provided for, is to avoid the delay and expense of patent
litigations, consequently the arbitrators are instructed and authorized
to so conduct all proceedings as to reach their conclusions in the short¬
est and least expensive way practicable..
[f] ‘The arbitrators shall have full power to make general and
special rules and regulations touching all matters coming before them,
and the parties hereto shall abide thereby.
DYER &. SEELY.
(Dictated)
new YoHK._.Juna ..l2.-lf
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orange,
N.J.
Dear Sir:-
We are in receipt of your favor of the 11th inst. ad¬
vising us that you will go on the bond for the Dick Go. in the
suit brought against Wm. 0. Fuerth of Newark , N.J. This bond will
be in the sum of $250. It has been prepared and submitted to counsel
for Fuerth for approval. On its return by him it willt be forwarded
to you for execution.
Yours
L /"
law offices, „T
DYER & SEELY. (Dictated)
- 36 WALL STREET,
We enclose you herewith the bond for costs in the
case of the A. B. Dick Co. vs. William G. Fuerth in the District
of New Jersey, in which ease you have signified your willingness to
go on the bond for the Dick Co. Please execute the bond as indic¬
ated in pencil and return to us.
a man named King for making plate glass by squeezing melted glass
through a flat opening. We have just received a notice of the tak¬
ing of testimony on behalf of King for next week at Toledo and
Pittsburgh. We think from the preliminary statement* that you have
a fair chance of success in the interference and if you wish to
contest it s.cme one from our office will go West and cross-examine
the witnesses.
We believe that at the time the interference was
declared you had seme idea of arranging a compromise with King
by which you would sell the invention to him, and it seems to us
that it might be well for whoever goes out there to attend the
testimony, to make some such suggestion to King and perhaps arrange
for a compromise. If you think this desirable let us know what your
idea is as to the value of the invent ion, that is, what amount you
would want to sell your rights for. It would appear-from the fact
of their taking testimony in Toledo and Pittsburgh and examining
quite a number of witnesses that they must set more or less value
on the invention and in order to make certain of xtorthfaxg owning
T.A.E.2.
it they might be willing to pay something for it. Please advise
as soon as you can about this.
Yours very truly,
DYER 4 SEELY.
LAW OFFICES,
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
• Orange,
N.J.
My Dear Mr. Edison: -
YORK - June... 24-1890.. _
I called at the laboratory yesterday afternoon
and left an English patent of Wynne which has the two motors con¬
nected to the axle by differential gearing. I left the patent with
Mr.Kennelly/asking him to look it over and call your attention to
it. Yesterday I cabled to our London agents asking them if the
patent had been maintained in England. This morning we have the
reply that the patent is void from which we understand that the
taxes have not been paid. As the decisions stand at present in
this country Wynne could not obtain a valid patent here. Whether
the Courts will continue to look upon the subject in this way is a
matter of sane uncertainty although my view is that they will. For
your protection you should secure an assignment from Wynne of all
his rights to the invention for the United States. In view of the
probability that he is not entitled to any patent here the consid¬
eration or this assignment should be very small.
Yours truly.
- -
y
My Dear Mr. Edison:
O' f
Hot; is the work oh the motor meter progressing? When do
you expect to be able to have it ready for a test? Major Eaton is
anxious that the suit should be pushed forward and at present we
are waiting to hear from this meter.
TojThos. A. Edison Esq.
Orange,
N.J.
Yours truly,
DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES,
as WALL STREET,
NE» yob k — sIuae..^8..th*._J.8.9Jl, _
A. 0. Tate, Esq.
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with the request made through out Mr. Dyer
to have Mr. Edison supplied with copies of patents on electric
railways issued since August 13, 1889, which is the date of the
last patent included in the lot furnished by us, and to have copi®
of all future patents on this subject sent to him as they are
issued, we suggest that you write the following letter to the
Patent Office, inclosing a check for $ 50. to be deposited to the
credit of Mr. Edison.
Hon. Commissioner of Patents,
. -1 desire to be furnished with
opy of each patent issued since August 13, 1889, in
e*'0l®®s Car brakes; sub-class 36, Motors; and sub-
class 75, Locomotion; all in class 172 Electricity-
Motive Power. I also desire that one copy of all future
issued8 ln th9 ab°V0 Bilb“olasses be sent to me when
w please find ev check for $ 50. which please
my credit on aooount of the above order,
and^FSquSst that monthly statements be sent me so that
I may keep up my deposit to meet the cost of copies.
Respectfully,
Yours
truly.
LAW OFFICES,
.DYER 4SEELY. (Dietated)
A. 0. Tate Esq.
Orange,
N.J.
Dear Sirs -
36 WAUL STREET.
new YORK - JTuly....3.,.X890i^ _
We hare your letter of the 2nd inst. enclosing a
letter from the A.B.Dick Co. an,t a declaration to be signed by
Edison with reference to a Swiss patent for the mimeograph. We
do not know exactly what a ■Manufacturers Patent- is in Switzer¬
land. There is nothing about suc^tent in the new Swiss Patent
Law, but there is a provision to /he effect that a patent will
not be granted for any thing which has gone into industrial use
in Switzerland. We i Jssume,4ere;fore that the -Manufacturers Pat¬
ent- is something whL^/avoi ds this provision of the law and that
Mr.Dick and Mr. P. S.Dyer have probably investigated the matter and
found out how the patent ought to be taken in order to comply with
the law and get the necessary protection. The paper which Mr.Edi-
son is to sign seems to be a transfer of the right to manufacture
the mimeograph in Switzerland to the A.B.Dick Co. and give, them
authority to apply for ant a Swiss patent. -If the A.B.Dick Co.
is entitled to such a transfer under ^.contracts with Mr.Edison
wo see no reason why he should not sign the paper.
We return herewith the papers enclosed with your-
letter. jff ^
. . . . T°uri truj y ^
■
Department of tee Interior,
Washington, D. o., July 17, 1890;.
MR, THOMAS A. EDISON,
Orange, N. J*
Sir:
In reply to yours of June 30th, ordering copies of pat-
ents in certain sub-classes in class 172, Electricity, Motive
Power , you are advised that the copies were mailed to your address
on July 12tt}. - j
, filIinfi thlS °rd0r the 0ffiee Allowed your instruc¬
tions literally, and sent copies in sub-olasses 9, Car Brakes,
sub-class 36, Motors and the sub-class Locomotion.
It is deemed advisable to call your attention to the
fact that sub-class 36, Motors, lias been subdivided, certain pat-
havine been taken frora ^ to form sub-class 120, Alternating
Motors, and sub-class 126, Reciprocating Motors. Copies of
these patents have not been furnished, and you will be good enough
to advise this Office if you desire copies of the patents in these
sub-classes issued since August 13th, 1889 sent to you, and the
sub-classes included in your subscription order for copies of
patents as issued*
Please refer in your answer to letter No* 48,087.
By direction of the Oornnissioner.
Very respectfully,
48,087-.
Diw C, 15; 144 - 1890.
DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES,
A. 0. Tate,
Edison's laboratory.
Orange, N.J.
Dear s ir, -
In reply to your letter of the 19th inst.,
enclosing a letter from the patent office in re Mr. Edison’s order
for copies of certain patents, we think you ought to have the
order include the two new sub-classes mentioned in the patent
office letter. All you will have to do in writing to the office
is to refer to the number of their le^terT^atatefcng- that sub-class
120, alternating motors, and subclass 126, reciprocating motor#,
under class 172, electrioit^'should be added to jwiiPii ui III
Mr. Edison's standing order for copies.
Yours truly,
<£?****
EATON & LEWIS
/£& EQUITABLE BUILDING )
•■4'r.w :&?*fy_&3Ly_22n&„1890 .
T. A, Edison, Esq.,
Bear Sir:-
I beg -to acknowledge the receipt of. the package
of Thoms on-Houston patents, returned by you, together with your
accompanying note.
The report viii clyl made on these patents contains a
statement, of just what ,we are supposddto infringe, I note that
in addition to that ^information, you wish to know how to evade the
claims. I will therefore do as jou request, namely, ask Mr.
'?
iftir
Awaiting your further favors, I remain.
Very truly yours.
1. -In a phonograph, the o onto in at ion of a
cutting knife mounted rigidly and without adj ustment on
tha machine, and a recorder adjustable with relation to
said cutting knife, substantially as s«t forth.
*2. In a phonograph, the combination with tha
rooking holding arm, the guide rest, and the guide rest
adjustment, of a recorder carried by a frame supported
by the rooking holding snta and the guide rest, Said
frame having an adjustment towards and away from the
recording siirface, , and said recorder having an adjustt-
Tneht toward and away from the recording surfaces ad¬
ditional to the adjustment of said frame, substantially
as set forth.
"3. In a phonograph, the oonbination with the
rooking holding aim, the guide rest, and the guide reat
adjustment, of a cutting knife and a. recorder supported
upon said guide rest, said cutting knife being mounted
rigidLy and without adjustment on the machine, ani said
recorder being independently adjustable with relation to
said cutting knife, substantially as set forth."
These claims stand rejected on two of your own patents
1382,414 and 386,974) neither of which, in our opinion, are cuffi-
eient references to bar allowance of the claims. The cutting, tool
,,Shown in both of the patent* is the old form of adjustable cutting
tool, and the recording point not an additional adjustment
within the meaning of these qJaips.
-PXease let us know whether yo,u deem it worth while to go
to -the expense (jf6Q) of ^n appeal to the hoard of examiner# in
chief V We- thinlf the ohanp^f of getting the claims are good.
The pnly claims which tjhe examiner has allowed in the ap¬
plication are two which are limited to a conbinatian of the
•.swinging speotaolo frane and the outting knife mounted upon such
-swinging frane.
Very respectfully,
MR. EATON'S MEM, OF BUSINESS FOR
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
July
3(/f , 1890..
[confidential:.]
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE,
MR. EATON'S MEM. FOR MEETING OF JULY Stfi- ... 1890-
RE ELECTRIC' RAILWAY LITIGATION. How. many suits' shall we -com¬
mence against 'infringers of . the Sprague electric railway patents? When
we begin, probably suits will be commenced against us, in return.' This
will mean’ heavy work' next' season, and I should like to- begin to get ready
for it. For aotive lawyers,, we oan use Mr. Betts, also Mr. Seely. But
w.e have no skilled expert who is just the man we want to' be our principal
expert witness in electric railway suits. We shall need the entire
time of the best expert we can find, if eleotrio 'railway litigation is
to be pushed. Moreover, Mr. Edison needs the advice of a first-class
expert in' electric railway matters, to' keep him straight touching other
people’s patents, yi connection with his- inventions on electric rail¬
ways. He is e$S$*a^propounding important questions- which none but a
thorough expert oan safely answer.
QUESTION: Shall we prepare for heavy litigation on railway
patents, and if so, may I retain a 'first-class expert to- give his- entire
time to us by the year?
• I _I_, ^ .*■
SUIT AGAINST US ON FIELD' ELECTRIC RAILWAY PATENT-. The Electric
Railway Company of the United States has brought suit againS-t the
Jamaica & Brooklyn Railroad Company, a licensee of the Sprague Company,
on a. patent of S. D. Field, No.. 407,188, granted July 13, 1889.. This
is- the well known Field Patent which was in controversy in the Patent
Office for nine years, between Field, Edison, Green, Hall and Siemens.
Mr. Edison withdrew, because • the Edison and Field interest became mutual.
The patent was -finally issued in 1889, to Field. Last January, I ob¬
tained an exhaustive opinion from Mr. B. F. Thurston, ' aided by Mr. Seely,
on this patent, at the request 'of Mr. Vdllard, who- then thought of ac¬
quiring it. Mr. Thurston’s .opinion was that none of .vthe broad claims-
of the patent could be sustained. The' Siemens: profile ^ave1 brought an
action to' annul the patent, on the ground that it was improperly issued
to- Mr. Field.
Under the contract between the Sprague Company and the said
Jamaica & Brooklyn Railroad Company, the former, which furnished the
electrical equipments for the latter, must defend all suits brought
against the latter for infringements of patents.
The Board of Directors of the Sprague Company have referred
2.
this suit to' this Committee, .and the papers 1 have bBen placed in' my
hands. Presumably we shall have a hard fight in this suit and. we ought
to have the best available patent lawyers' to help us.
QUESTION;. Shall I retain Mr. Betts*, provided we find that the
Field people really intend to contest the validity of their patent in
this particular suit? Can I also- associate Mr. Seely with him, if
need be?
III.
TH0MS0N-H0UST0N CO. .SUIT AGAINST SPRAGUE EAST READING COMPANY'.
ThiS'Suit is brought on' Hunter's- br.oad patent No. 392, 402„ February,
1889, for a trolley running on the under side of a conductor. The
plaintiff has- recently taken testimony, and announces that after the
August vacations the case will be pushed. Our defence is in charge of
Mr.. B'ettS' aided by Mr. Seely. Our main object is to' break down the
early dates of Mr. Hunter, the importance of which iS' explained in the
next following paragraph.
IV,.
HUNTER'S’ ELECTRIC RAILWAY PATENTS. .The Thomson-Houston Co',
have acquired the Hunter patents* eight in number, and additional patents^ V
are being issued to Hunter almost monthly. These patents are broad,
and if sustained would be serious impediments. Ten years' ago, Mr.
Hunter was- a Patent Solicitor, and made many drawings relating to de-r'
tails of electric railways. He filed these drawings' away, and did not
begin- to apply for patents' until 1885. Since . then he has secured many
broad patents on these old drawings* and has carried the dates of his
inventions back several years* earlier, than other inventors. His ex-'
cuse for not applying for patents sooner iS' that he was- too poor. In
defending ourselves against Hunter's- patents* w.e must try to break down
these early dates* and try to- show that his early dates are -fictitious, '
also that he:was- guilty of inexcusable laches in not applying for
patents sooner. This will be a difficult thing to do, but we must try
it. I should like authority to employ at least one special counsel to
aid in- running down Hunter.
QUESTION; Shall we take especial pains to run down Mr. Hunter,
and may I employ one special counsel if necessary?
SPRAGUE FOREIGN PATENTS'. You will be interested to know, that
the Sprague U. S;. Patents are' not limited by any foreign patents. Mr.
Sprague has taken no' patents in Canada-. He has .taken patents in Engr
land, France, I taly, and Germany.. The English, patents have been sold
to the Electric Construction Corporation,. Limited.. The German patents
3;.
have been sold to. the .Allgemeine Elektricitats Gesellschaf t, with whom
a contract exists .involving both our Sprague Co. and himself. Neither
the French patents' nor the Italian patents have been sold. Applications'
have been made in Australia, .and concessions' have been obtained in Mexico
and other countries'. I am told that all the foreign patents' have been
taken out in such a way as' not to terminate the United States . patents'.
:V.I.
. NEVI YORK FILAMENT SUIT. I am glad to announce that all testir
mony in this suit is practically in. Only two things' remain to- be done,
namely, General Dunoan is> to- finish Mr. Clarke’s cross-examination; and
I am myself to, testify touching notices of warning served- on infringers'
in the early days' of the Light Co. The record is' nearly all printed,
and as' soon as the lawyers get back from, their vacations, work will be
begun- on the briefs. . . The case will be argued in the .October term, which
oommenoes the third Monday of October and ends in February.
VJ-K
TRENTON FEEDER SUIT. The Westinghouse :attorneys are making a
sthbborn- fight. By stipulation, their defence is now; practically closed.
The lawyers are to- take a vacation during August, and early in September
w.e shall commence our rebuttal. Their main- defences' are the analogies-
of old systems of water supply and old systems of electro-plating where
devices- corresponding to our feeders- were used. We propose to examine
Professor Chandler as our expert on the alleged analogies of gas systems
and water systems-. We may wish to- examine Mr. .Edward Weston as our
expert touching electro-plating. .Sir William Thomson has sent us a
strong opinion favorable to our feeder patent, and we shall probably
take his- deposition by commission, as an expert witness on our behalf.
This case is- one of unusual difficulty.
QUESTION! .Shall we- employ Professor Chandler and Mr. . Weston
as experts, if needed in rebuttal?
Vl-ll.
OUR OTHER FEEDER SUITS. We shall, probably abandon the suit
against the Torrington Company, because • their feeders do not infringe
our patents But our suit against the Bridgeport Company, a Thomson--
Houston 0'ov licensee, w.e shall go- on- with. Possibly the testimony in
the Trenton suit will be transferred to the Bridgeport suit, and we may
get the latter suit into' Court first. However this is a question of
tactics, and we shall be governed by circumstances.
, IX.
OUR METER SUIT. At your meeting held' February 25, 1890, you
instructed me to commence a suit against the Shall enberger meter, used
by the Westinghouse Company. The suit was begun, and their answer
was duly filed. Their main defense is that Mr. Edison's, meter in¬
vention as. described in his infringed patent is. inoperative. In order
to meet that issue squarely, we deoided to construct a meter, and to
have it carefully tested.. Mr. Edison himself undertook the construe-'
tion, and the meter has. recently been finished. We shall probably
send it to Professor Brackett as. an- expert, for thorough tests to' be
made. When' that is done* . we shall begin to take testimony.
_X.
SUITS' AGAINST THE PERKINS LAMP'. . V/e have .pushed these ■ two
suits with vigor. Mr. Wetmore, the leading attorney for the defence,
entered into stipulations whioh saved us- considerable time and expense.
He will be away on vacation during August, but has stipulated to- go- on
•with these suits, the first week in September, and to keep at them with-?'
out break. Mr. Perkins was very much disappointed at your decision at
the last meeting of this Committee, the 16th inst., that licenses, were
not to' be granted him, and that the suits against his Company were to be
pushed. He : and his lawyer have called on me within the last two days
to renew the disoussion of the question of licensing the Perkins Com¬
pany. I told them that the action of the Committee was final.
■XI.
.AMENDMENT TO THE PATENT-STATUTES. At the request of Mr.
Edison, .and with the aid of Mr. Betts and of Messrs.. Dyer and Seely,
we have prepared an amendment to' the Patent Laws. It provides, for
obtaining inventions with greater facility than now, I have sent ou;
draft of the bill to Mr. Simonds, a Hartford Member of Congress, who
is the most important man on the Patent Committee of the Lower House.
He now has our bill’ under consideration.
XII,
RE PATENT SUITS IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. Our only suit in
Montreal is. a long standing suit on the filament patent. Mr. .Maomasr
ter, of Montreal, has always been in charge of this suit, and still is.
My only reason- for mentioning this suit is to say that Mr. Macmaster
has- recently written' me to- inquire what our plans were about going on
with the suit. I told him that probably nothing would be done until
our filament case hBre was decided.
XIII.
SUIT ON OUR THREE WIRE PATENT AGAINST THE THOMSON-HOUSTON' NEW
HAVEN COMPANY. We have begun to- take testimony in' this case
3, and
5.
propose to push it with- vigor as- soon as the 4ugust vacations are over.
Mr. Fish, of Boston, is the principal attorney for the defenoe. We
are not yet certain that he will consent to introduce by stipulation
any of the testimony taken in the case still undecided by Judge McKen-
non, but we hope he will.
XIV..„
MR,.. CLARKE -S RETAINER AS EXPERT. Our contract with Mr. Charles
L. Clarke is for two years. The first year ends this month, and we
have the option to terminate the contract or to go on for another year.
His per diem rate for the first year was Twenty-five -dollars. For the
second year, his per diem rate will be Thirty-five dollars. We guarantee
tha'. he shall be employed to the extent of at least $2,000.. each year.
We have paid him for the first year about $4,000.. He has done a great
deal of important work in the filament case, and will be needed in that
case until after the argument is ended. He has also been used in two
other cases. I think we ought to avail ourselves of our option to use
him for another year.
QDESTIONi Shall we retain Mr. Clarke for the second year under
the existing contract?
Xff.,
MR. QUIMBY 'S RETAINER AS EXPERT. Our arrangement with Mr.
Quimby was for one year from July 29, 1889.. We paid him a retainer of
One thousand dollars, of which the Sprague Co. paid one-half.- His per
diem charge is Fifty dollars for work here and Seventy-five dollars when
away. We have not had occasion to use, him much. He made a thorough
examination of the Farmer Regulator patent, and was to be our principal
witness in defence. But the Westinghouse people have not pressed that
suit. His report on this patent was in writing and I have it on file
in my office among the papers in the case. I think that the total per
diem services paid Mr. Quimby during the year have not amounted to over
$600,, making, with his retainer, $1,600.. I shall have a suggestion
to make touching the question of paying him One thousand dollars as re-1-
tainer for another year. He ‘is waiting for our decision.
QUESTION: Shall we retain Mr. Quimby for another year?
, Respectfully,
S
E, B, EATON,
General Counsel.
Dear sir,-
We have your letter of the 1st inst. enclosing, a
letter from Mr. R. U. Johnson, secretary of the Amerioan Copyright
league •
Mr. Johnson isjaistaken in the idea, that if Franco should,
withdraw from the International Convention, for the protection of
industrial property it would wake your Freo,oh pa.tantB of no valv»*
■None of your patents .are affected in any fay at present by the
.provisions of the convention, and we oannot see how the expected
;action of the French Government would injure you.
tin "vieW of this, do you care to take the Set ion which.
Mr. Johnson suggests?
T?e -return the letter of Mr. Johnson herewith.
Yours truly,
A /■ " ^ t <4> » tsL
EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H. LEWIS
/£$ BUILDING)
^.1USL
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Oraige, New Jersey,
Dear Sir:-
Re Reeder Suit. I send you herewith a copy of an
important letter under date of July 30th,, 1890, which I have
just received from Mr. Betts; also a copy of the deposition of
Prof.Morton, alluded to therein,
I have requested Mr. Betts to call upon you in person
for the purpose of taking the situation over with you, and would
be pleased to have you examine the enclosed documents at your
early convenience in order that you may be familiar with them upon
the occasion of Mr. Betts1 visit.
Hoping this will be satisfactory to you, I remain.
Very truly yours.
[ENCLOSURE]
Edison Blee . Oo. vs. Westing-
house, Church, Kerr & Oo.
S. B. Eaton, Esq.,
Dear Sir
July 30th, 1890.
On Friday afternoon last the case for the de¬
fendants was closed, in the Edison "Feeder" suit, in the District
of New Jersey, and we are now in a position to know exactly what
the defendants rely upon, and the points upon which they most
strenuously insist in their def emoe.
Mr. Jenks is having a few copies of President Morton’s
deposition for use by our different experts, as that deposition
seems to sum up the final conclusions at which the experts and
counsel for the defence have arrived.
I enclose to you a copy of that deposition, and should be
glad to have the same submitted to Mr. Edison.
By consulting that deposition you will find that Presi¬
dent Morton, in his answers to oross-questions 126 to 137, sumna-
rizes the defence on the question of novelty, by saying that flie
nearest approximation to the invention of the patent in suit, so
far as it was taught by the prior art of gas distribution, is that
found in Giroud’a Treatise on Gas and Gas Distribution.
The particular part of that work upon which he relies is
[ENCLOSURE]
2
referred to in his direct-examination at Q. 25, and as this is a
standard work it will be readily accessible to our experts.
Among the instances of actual prior use, he refers to the
gas works at Hoboken, New Jersey, and Lowell, Mass., as the nearest
approximation to the invention of the patent in suit. Neither of
these, however, anbody anything that is not found described in the
work of Giroud, and it seems to me that they are less important
than the description in that work.
In systems of electric distribution, Prof. Morton admits
that he finds no proof of any actual plant embodying the invention
except what is referred to in printed publications (XQ. 128).
He relies (XQ. 135), as the nearest approximation to the
•Feeder" syston of Edison which is found in prior publications,
upon the Siglish patent of Werdeman, of. 1878, and upon the Biglish
patent of Lane-Pox, of 1878, when taken in connection with Lane-
Pox's letter to the "London Times" in 1878.
When a question (XQ. 137) is put to him, defining the in¬
vention in suit, with such limitations as may fairly be found im¬
plied in the patent, he admits that the nearest approximation to it
ia the description of an electro-plating plant, in a work which is
quoted in full by him at XQ. 188.
It will be seen now that, by these admissions of Presi¬
dent Morton, our work in meeting and, if possible, rebutting his
[ENCLOSURE]
5
evidence has been narrowed in its scope.
If we can successfully meet the limited number of refer¬
ences upon which he relies, and show that what was done by Mr. Edi¬
son, and claimed in his patent in suit, involved "invention" as
distinguished from what is there described, and that that "inven¬
tion" is embodied in defendant’s Trenton plant, we shall succeed.
Now, this is largely a question of expert evidence.
We already have Prof. Chandler to consider -the question
of the analogies between gas and water distribution and the distri¬
bution of electricity, and he will, doubtless, deal with that
branch of the case as satisfactorily as anyone could possibly do
it.
Upon the similarity of electro-plating distribution to
the "Feeder" invention, I desire Mr. Edison's own personal and
careful examination, and should be glad to have a written report
from him of his opinion upon that branch of the case, and his rea¬
sons in detail for any opinion he may express.
It will be very important, also, to have some expert, who
has made a special study of electro-plating, as well as electric-
limiting, to testify for us on this branch of the case.
A few days since I suggested to you the name of Mr.
Bdward Weston, and, if he is willing to act, nobody could be more
competent or speak with more foroe.
I have not yet heard fron him
[ENCLOSURE]
upon the subj eot.
Mr. Dyer, who could approach him, X think, better than
anyone else on our side of the case, is to endeavor to seoure his
services.
I propose, with your ooneurrenoe, as soon as I hear from
Mr. Edison, to send a copy of President Morton's deposition to Sir
William Thanson, and take his opinion upon the sufficiency or in¬
sufficiency of the reference principally relied upon by President
Morton.
X think it very important that we should have an opinion
from Mr. Edison as early as possible, to guide us in the future cor
duct of th e case.
Yours truly,
Frederic H. Betts.
faw /A
Tlios. A. Edison, Esq.,
"Llewellyn Park,
Room #82, Bullitt Building,
Philadelphia, August 13, 1890
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My dear Mr. Edison:- |^0'\
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If it is not taxing your memory to too
great an extent, you will probably ]
interested with me, in a couple of extremely valuable patents in
the art of lighting Railway trains by electricity.
Some time ago, I called on you in reference to the matter of
malting some sort of disposition of the same, and you told me to
do nothing further at the time, for the reason that you thought
you would probably take up the question later yourself.
I now write you for the purpose of asking whether we cannot
make some disposition of these patents to the "Edison General
■ Electric Co.," unless you purpose to keep them yourself; in which
case, I would be very glad if you would take my interest, or hold¬
ing in the same, jrt case you do not wish to hold it, do you not
think v/e could make some sort of disposition of them to the Edison
Company, as above named?
Hoping you will favor me with an early reply, I remain,
r~\ (‘A i « by Yours very truly,
L- <- ^
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LAW OFFICES,
DYER i.StfELY.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear sir,-
... f"'
In your application 772 on induction converters,
filed May 21, 1888, several claims stand rejected on patent to
Jehl, No. 379,073, March 6, 1888, application filed February 25,
1887, and before we amend by erasing the rejected claims we desire
to know whether you have evidence showing that you made the in¬
vention prior to his date of filing, that is, February 25, 1887?
If you have such evidence we will prepare an affidavit and ante¬
date the reference. In that case an interference will probably
be necessary.
The invention covered in your application is an
induction converter or transformer designed to be used with con¬
tinuous currents, and consists of stationary armature coils, a
separate stationary field magnet, and a commutator for shifting the
poles of said field magnet. The claims which cover this con¬
struction broadly are rejected on the patent above referred to.
Five claims in the application, however, are allowed, but these
claims are limited to a stationary armature having two sets of
coils.
We must amend the application within seven weeks
in order to prevent abandonment, and we should be obliged if you
would give us an darly reply.
Very respectfully youTB,
LAW OFFICES,
DISQN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
)N BUILDING-BROAD 5
Bullitt Building,
\T C in Philadelphia, August 22, 1890.
,£f
inst., in refer-
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J. ^ ^ ,,/i
Dear Mr. Edison,- ( .LcJ^C -V „
Aiisv/erii^^u^r^ 21st.
ence to the matter of sale ofpatgnts *in the aft of lighting rail¬
way trains by electricity, I desire to state that I was not aware
of the fact that you had offered these for sale to the "Edison
General Company." I know that some time ago, when Mr. Johnson was
President of the Edison Electric Light Company, the matter was '
brought up, but since then I did not think anything had been done.
I have no purchaser for them at the present time, and do not
know as I could find one, but you will. recall some time ago I
visited you for the purpose of making arrangements whereby I could
sell the patents, and you told me that I could sell one, but not
the other, as you proposed to go ahead and do some work in that '
direction yourself, and as a consequence could not sell them sepa¬
rately.
Do you not think, in view of the fact that now, since the
Edison Company are in very general line of business, they could
in a position that they could afford to own them to much better
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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advantage than we?
In so far as I am concerned personally, I am willing to lot go
my holding for comparatively a very small consideration, and wish
that you would think the matter over and see if you cannot find
some way of disposing of the same.
If not troubling you to too groat an extent, will you kindly
let me hear from you as to what you think might be done, and
obi ige ,
Very truly yours.
TRANSCRIBED
FROM
PHONOGRAPH
EATON & LEWIS
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Thomas A. Edison Esq., V ^
Orange, N« J* v
Dear Sir :-
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Re Feeder suit.
Will you please name the earliest day when I may come to
the laboratory and have a short consultation with you regarding
thi 8 matter. Ur. Betts desires very mueh to have a consultation
with you, but in advance of your doing so, thinks it may save and
economise time by my seeing you and obtain from you certain of
your general ispressions regarding the papers which have been laid
before you* viz : copies of letters of Frederic H. Betts Esq,
and Messrs* Ashurst, Morris, Oriep A Go., and the deposition of
Professor Morton.
Yours truly, /
DYER & SEELY.
LAW OFFICES,
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Thomas A. EdiBon Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
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My dear Mr. Edison, -
With respect to your case No. 418, in
which you recollect we described the specific instance- of treating
aluminium chloride, the patent office, among other objections, makes
the following one:
"This claim is further rejected as inoperative
since aluminium chloride is a non-conductor' of elec¬
tricity (See Chemiker Zeitung 1887 page 934) - And,
further, in the apparatus shown, the chlorine liberated
would combine with the aluminium set free at the
cathode and re-form aluminium chloride (See British
patent 7,858, June 29, 1885)"
How does this objection strike you?
YourSjjrery truly,
L^J (xLdU
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Dear Mr. Tate:-
A n arrangement has been made over the telephone
with Mr. Edison for him to meet Mr. Betts and myself at the labo¬
ratory next Monday evening for the purpose of a discussion in the
Feeder case. . Mr. Betts has an appointment in Rochester which
might take him away from hero Monday evening, but he will stay here
provided it is certain that Mr. Edison will see us Monday evening.
Will you kindly bear this in mind and letme know by telephone
or otherwise either on Saturday or on Monday forenoon- whether Mr.
Edison will certainly see un Monday evening at the Laboratory.
He telephoned from Schenectady that he would do so, tut it occurs
to me that possibly something may happen to cause him to change
his mind.
Will you kindly bring this to Mr. Edison's attention
as soon as he returns, and let me know the result, and oblige,
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T. A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir s0?.
Re Patent Litigation. /
Your valuable mem. of yesterday' on patents and pending
applications, with suggestions about suits, is just at hand. I
shall bring it before the Patent Litigation Committee at their
next meeting early next week. It is a very important document,
and your suggestions are very welcome just at this moment. If
the committee will authorize me; to go to the necessary eoqoense,
I shall tak e up all of the suggestions contained in your mem., and
give them vigorous atten^iorj/
Thanking you fjor/the trouble you have taken in going
through this matter so thoroughly and promptly, I remain,
Very truly yours.
\\\
EATON & LEWIS
■yj/cuj Oot. 3rd.. 1890.
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T. A. Edison, Esq., {'fg'l \jEL-
Dear Sir:- .
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i Expiration of Foreign Patents. Referrinj
to my letter to you of July 29th., 1890, annexed hereto, and to1
your comments thereon made in pencil, and to Mr. Simpson's mem.
of Mr. Dyer's views, also annexed thereto:, please let me ask you
the following question: -
Is" it worth while to keep the foreign bamboo patentalive?
It would cost perhaps $50., at least. Mr. Dyer thinks that as
nobody uses the bamboo to much extent, andaa other available sub¬
stances are equally good, it is not worth while to spend any money
on this patent.
Shall we keep the foreign bamboo patent alive? Kindly
return these papers at your early convenience, and oblige,
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My dsar Mr. Sttson.-
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MgiMtis baiting, tha graving, Shiah will bo aodo from your
akatchas, la in tha hand* *f tha graftnaaa. Plsasa aign tha
apaolfiastian and hava Johnny fix up tha oath and roturn it to as.
X amt m *•«** tha bast draftman thara is
in *aw York or aaywhto* slaw on ftttant Offlsa work to «fca tha
drawing for your am WM1 fWflS«r«»h.
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Dear Mr. Edison:
Re Filament Case. The defendant has served us with
notice that they will ash the Court o Friday to allow them to
amend their answer, and to give them time to take proofs on new
matter.
Annexed to the notice is an affidavit of Dr. Adams, of
Boston, famous in nickel plating. Ke swears that in 1865 he made
a lamp just like the Edison lamp we are now suing on andrthere
was also annexed the affidavits of two witnesses who saw it at that
time.
Dr. Adams further swears that he took this lamp to
France about 1868 or 1869 and showed it to a French electrician
who burned it..
The defendant asks permission to set Lip this early
anticipation of Mr. Edison's invention. They also want time to
examine Dr. Adams and his two corroborative witnesses. No doubt
they will also ask time to examine the French electrician by means
of a commission .
The hearing of defendant's motion asking the Court o
order ius to produce your earlier application, was to be heard to¬
morrow.
All of our Counsel in the Filament Case had a consul¬
tation aboxit it and other mat ters on Friday. We shall now be
obliged to have another conference on Friday. We shall now be
obliged to have another conference in view of this new motion to
amend the pleadings and take further testimony.
If this new step does not hurt otherwise, it will
possibly cause delay.
Very truly yours.
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DYER A SEELY.
AW OFFICES, ,
36 XSWALL STREET,
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la there any vtoaon ehy year Kosslan
patent on the toy phonograph Should not be aaelgned to tha Idiaon
Phonograph Toy Manufacturing OonpenyT
It will probably be neeeaeary to «o thiein order ts
obtain the patent, einee the ltnaaian Patent Offite holds that the
invention is npt substantially different froai that in acne earlier
applications of Dr. Jaegaes shiflh belong tp the Toy Manafheturing
company, and the Raaelan la* la, that if tao persona apply for
patents on the aaaw thing, no patent vilt ha granted to either of
than. We are adviaod, however, that if ail the applleationa be¬
long to the ohm party, all tha patents will probably Jbe granted;
m yott to the Phonograph Toy Company vonld ^
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DYER & SEELY.
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Dear Mr. Edison:
Re Motion on Adams Anticipation in Filament Case.
The Judge has allowed them two weeks to take the testimony of
Adams and his two corroborating affiants. If they wish to examine
any. other witnesses the Judge directs that they be examined in this
city also within the two weeks. Thus you see they have not
succeeded as yet in getting much delay. After we see what their
witnesses swear to we shall have to decide how much time we require
to introduce rebutting testimony.
Very truly
Thomas A. Edison, Eqq.
MR. BATON'S
MSM. OF BUSINESS
— for
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
October ISth, 1890.
CONFIDENTIAL.
PATENT LITIGATION COMMITTEE.
MR. EATON'S MEM. FOR MEETING OF OCTOBER 13TH, 1890.
NEW YORK FILAMENT SUIT. , Since .my last' Mem., July 30th, un¬
ceasing work has been, done in' this case. Our expert, Mr. Clarke, has
been' under cross examination' for eleven- consecutive weeks, every day in1
the week and all day, and they are. not yet through with him. My own'
testimony has also been taken touching certain old matters. At a re¬
cent consultation to see if we could not compel the defendant to close
its cross examination of Mr. Clarke, the opinion reached by all our
Counsel was that our best course was to do nothing except to serve notice
on defendant that at the opening of the October Term, the SOth inst. we
should ask the Court to get- the case down for argument at a near date.
That notice has been served.
The defendant has also just served on us notice of a motion for
permission to amend their pleadings and for time to take evidence on a
nBw branch of the case now introduced by them, as follows: Dr. Adams,
a nickel plate specialist of Boston, swears that about 25-:years ago he
made an' inoandesoent lamp similar to EdisonJs subsequent invention. His
■affidavit is supported by those of two witnesses. They claim that this
lamp is an anticipation of Edison’s invention, and the defendant now
strives to introduce this new feature into the case. We do not fear
any serious result of this new motion, except the loss of time. Mr.
Lowrey and Mr. Seward will object to the case being opened, and will
ask the Court in case permission to amend the pleadings be given, to
fix a short time within which defendant must take its new testimony in
this regard.
The defendant .has. renewed in the 0. S. -.Court here its old motion
of March 88th, to compel us- to give defendant a copy of Mr. Edison’s-
application for a patent, filed December 15, 1890. Defendant’s pre¬
vious motion was decided by Judge Lacombe in bur favor. Since then de¬
fendant has asked the Supreme Court- of the District of Columbia for a
mandamus to compel the Commissioner of Patents to give defendant, a copy
of the said application. Mr. Seward appeared for us, and the Court,
decided in our favor. The defendant now renews here, its old motion.
Mr. Lowrey and Mr. Sewar.d appear for us. The hearing has been twice
adjourned by the Court at the request of General Duncan and Mr. Wetmore,
and against our protest, but argument will probably take place this
week. We expect a decision in our favor.
OTHER FILAMENT SUITS ,
II.
The .Canadian, Detroit and Perkins
2.
Filament Suits all remain in statu quo and probably nothing will be done
in any of them until after a decision is made in the New York Filament
Suit, unless you otherwise direct, Mr. Hector Cameron, associated with
.Mr, Qs.ler at Toronto in our Ontario Filament Suit, recently called on .
me, and discussed the .necessity of our doing something to maintain our
full rights in connection with the Ontario, suit. He and Mr. Osier now ■
have that matter under consideration, and I may have something to sub¬
mit to you at our next meeting.
Ill .
NEW JERSEY FEEDER SHIT. The testimony of the defendant has
been completed, and at a recent interview between Mr. Edison, Mr. Betts
and myself, a decision was reached as to what course we should pursue in
introducing our rebutting testimony. This case' is unusually difficult,
and requires the closest study. Possibly it may be necessary for us
to disclaim certain words in Mr. Edison’s Feeder Patent which we are
suing on. Pursuant to your authority, we have arranged to examine
Sir William Thompson, and an application to the Court is now pending for
a commission to do so. I obtained your permission to retain Professor
Chandler and Mr. Weston. The former consents to serve us touching
analogy of gas and water systems of distribution, but the Thomson-Houston
Company, to whom Mr. V/eston was under an old retainer, refuses to permit
him to testify for us. He is an expert in electro plating, and we
wished to use him to rebut an embarrassing analogy touching alleged
feeders used in electro plating. Mr. Edison recommends Mr. Hochhausen, ,
and the Fuller Co., in whose employ he now is, are considering our re¬
quest that Mr.. ,H. serve us as an expert in this case. If they re¬
fuse, it will be hard to find another man who is at once competent and
unretained by some hostile interest. The combined attack in London
on the corresponding Edison Feeder patents there, will probably not
seriously injure our case here, and we are about preparing a statement 
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